Kassym-Jomart Tokayev elected President of Kazakhstan- CEC

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had been elected the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the Central Election Commission Nurlan Abdirov said, El.kz  reports.

According to him, 6,456,393 voters or 81.31% cast their votes for Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. 460,484 voters or 5.8% chose «none-of-the-above» option.

As for other candidates, the results look as following:

Zhiguli Dairabayev - 271,641 votes (3.42%),

Karakat Abden - 206,000 votes (2.6%),

Meiram Kazhyken - 300,907 votes (2.53%),

Nurlan Auesbayev – 176,116 votes (2.22%), and

Saltanat Turssynbekova – 168,731 votes (2.12%).