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Nazarbayev reelected Kazakhstani president

05. April 2011. | 07:39

Source: Tanjug

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev won another 5-year mandate in the presidential election, by obtaining 95.5 percent of the vote, partial results published by the Central Election Commission said Monday.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev won another 5-year mandate in the presidential election, by obtaining 95.5 percent of the vote, partial results published by the Central Election Commission said Monday.

You entrusted me with the task of continuing economic, political and social reforms, Nazarbayev, 70, said during a visit to the headquarters of his ruling party Nur Otan.

The other three candidates received less than three percent of votes, AFP reported.

Leader of the pro-government Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan Zhambyl Akhmetbekov won 1.57 percent of the vote and pro-government Senator Gani Kasymov 2.17 percent. Head of the Ecological Union Mels Yeleusizov, who on Sunday admitted that he voted for Nazarbayev, received 1.44 percent of votes.

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