CEC announced the preliminary results of the presidential elections of the Republic of Kazakhstan

At a briefing, the Central Election Commission announced the preliminary results of voting in the early presidential elections of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

On the basis of electronic copies of protocols of election commissions of regions, cities of republican significance and the capital, 8,300,046 people took part in the voting. Voter turnout was 69.44%.

According to the preliminary results, the candidates scored:

Karakat Abden – 206,206 votes, or 2.6%;

Nurlan Auesbayev – 176,116 votes, or 2.22 %;

Zhiguli Dairabayev – 271,641 votes, or 3.42 %;

Meiram Kazhyken – 200,907 votes, or 2.53 %;

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev – 6,456,392 votes, or 81.31 %;

Saltanat Tursynbekova – 168,731 votes, or 2.12%.

Against all – 460,484 votes, or 5.8%.

On the day of voting, over 11 thousand proxies of presidential candidates of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 641 observers from foreign states, international organizations, 15.5 thousand observers from political parties, more than 30 thousand from public associations observed the election procedures.

1225 representatives of the Kazakh mass media, 106 accredited journalists representing 41 foreign media from 23 countries also attended and covered the election process at the polling stations.

According to the CEC of the Republic of Kazakhstan