Astana, Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has won re-election with 97.7 percent of the vote in a poll where opposition parties in the oil-rich ex-Soviet republic did not field a candidate, the electoral commission said Monday.
Nazarbayev, who has ruled the huge Central Asian country since before the Soviet breakup in 1991, will start a fifth term. The Central Election Commission claimed a record turnout of 95.22 percent in Sunday's election.
Nazarbayev, who has ruled the huge Central Asian country since before the Soviet breakup in 1991, will start a fifth term. The Central Election Commission claimed a record turnout of 95.22 percent in Sunday's election.
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