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Kazakhstan summing up preliminary results of presidential election
. ASTANA, April 4 (Itar-Tass) -- The Kazakh Central Elections Commission will make public the preliminary results of the April 3 early presidential elections on Monday.
However, no one doubts about a winner in the elections, because acting Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has been ruling the country already for two decades, gained a very high percentage of votes.
The exit polls made public after the midnight only confirmed another convincing victory won by Nazarbayev. According to all exit polls Nazarbayev gained more than 90% of votes. The experts believed that the official election results will be about the same. Moreover, Nazarbayev won a landslide victory several times. At the first general elections in the country in December 1991 he gained 98.7% of votes and polled 91.15% in December 2005.
It is clear that at any case all his rivals have no chances at all. The exit polls showed that they may gain from over two to 1.5% of votes.
The elections made a sensation back on April 3, when Kazakhstan broke a turnout record. According to the preliminary results, the turnout reached 89.9%. At the previous presidential elections in 2005 the turnout has made 76.78%.
Another important event on Monday will be the fact that the
international observer missions will make public their preliminary
election reports. The observer missions from the OSCE Office for
Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the CIS states and several
independent observers are to announce the election reports. Many observers gave positive assessments to the voting during the election day. They are almost unanimous in their Sunday statements that no blatant violations were made. SCO Secretary General Muratbek Imanaliyev praised highly the organization of the elections and the voting. The CIS observers called the early presidential elections democratic.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Central Elections Commission Stanislav Vavilov, who heads the Russian CEC observer mission, told Itar-Tass that no violations of the election legislation were reported. In comments on a very high turnout in comparison to Russia he noted that the Russian observers "reported no coercion to the voting."
Under the Kazakh legislation the country's CEC is to sum up the
official results of the early presidential elections not later than on
April 12. However, the CEC may make them public earlier. The newly elected president is to be sworn in within a month after the official election results are made public. A presidential inauguration ceremony is to be held not later than on May 12.
However, no one doubts about a winner in the elections, because acting Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has been ruling the country already for two decades, gained a very high percentage of votes.
The exit polls made public after the midnight only confirmed another convincing victory won by Nazarbayev. According to all exit polls Nazarbayev gained more than 90% of votes. The experts believed that the official election results will be about the same. Moreover, Nazarbayev won a landslide victory several times. At the first general elections in the country in December 1991 he gained 98.7% of votes and polled 91.15% in December 2005.
It is clear that at any case all his rivals have no chances at all. The exit polls showed that they may gain from over two to 1.5% of votes.
The elections made a sensation back on April 3, when Kazakhstan broke a turnout record. According to the preliminary results, the turnout reached 89.9%. At the previous presidential elections in 2005 the turnout has made 76.78%.
Another important event on Monday will be the fact that the
international observer missions will make public their preliminary
election reports. The observer missions from the OSCE Office for
Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the CIS states and several
independent observers are to announce the election reports. Many observers gave positive assessments to the voting during the election day. They are almost unanimous in their Sunday statements that no blatant violations were made. SCO Secretary General Muratbek Imanaliyev praised highly the organization of the elections and the voting. The CIS observers called the early presidential elections democratic.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Central Elections Commission Stanislav Vavilov, who heads the Russian CEC observer mission, told Itar-Tass that no violations of the election legislation were reported. In comments on a very high turnout in comparison to Russia he noted that the Russian observers "reported no coercion to the voting."
Under the Kazakh legislation the country's CEC is to sum up the
official results of the early presidential elections not later than on
April 12. However, the CEC may make them public earlier. The newly elected president is to be sworn in within a month after the official election results are made public. A presidential inauguration ceremony is to be held not later than on May 12.
