KABUL (Pajhwok): Kazakhstan’s president has won a second term in office, the election panel announced on Monday.
In the snap election on Sunday, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev bagged 81.31% of the vote, the Central Election Commission said.
Expected to extend his rule by seven more years, the re-elected leader has a robust mandate to continue pursuing his independent foreign policy, according to Reuters.
Voter turnout was put at 69.44%, with Tokayev’s five rivals polling negligible numbers of ballots.
Several Central Asian leaders congratulated Tokayev, who found his way to the Kazakh presidency won his first election . . .
