Nazarbayev wins election in Kazakhstan

Nursultan Nazarbayev, the current president of Kazakhstan, leader of the Light of the Fatherland party of power, received a percentage of the vote at the election of 97,5. These are the results of the exit poll conducted by the Association of Legal Entities “Civil Alliance of Kazakhstan”.

In second place, according to the survey, the secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist People’s Party of Kazakhstan (CPPK) Turgun Syzdykov. For him voted 1,87 percent of the voters.

An independent candidate, the chairman of the trade unions federation of the republic Abelgazi Kusainov received 0,63 percent of votes.

These figures are close to the exit-poll data of the public foundation “Center for Social and Political Research“ Strategy ”. According to the director of the fund Gulmira Ileuova, 97,36 percent voted for Nazarbayev, 1,78 voted for Syzdykov, 0,86 percent of voters for Kusainov.

In the fifth presidential election, three candidates took part. Voter turnout was, according to preliminary data, 95,11 percent, said Deputy Chairman of the CEC Vladimir Foos.

As the secretary of the Republican Central Election Commission Bakhyt Meldeshov said, the voting took place in a calm atmosphere and without violations.

It was decided to hold early elections after appeals from public organizations and citizens, given the difficult economic situation in the world and that they do not coincide with the parliamentary elections in 2016 year.

Previous presidential elections, April 3 2011, were also early. Nazarbayev scored 95,55 percent of the votes on them.