Kazakhstan’s president secures landslide win in snap election
Central Election Commission says Kassym-Jomart Tokayev won 81.3% of vote based on preliminary results; re-elected leader says he must now justify the confidence that his people have expressed in him.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attends a session of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan November 28, 2019.(photo credit: SPUTNIK/ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS)ByMOHAMMAD AL-KASSIM/THE MEDIA LINEUpdated: