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Kazakhstan election: Hundreds arrested in poll protests
Source: BBC
Kazakhstan election: Hundreds arrested in poll protests
9 June 2019
Police in Kazakhstan have arrested hundreds of people protesting against a poll to elect the country's first new president in 30 years.
The election was called after long-time leader, 78-year-old Nursultan Nazarbayev, stepped down in March.
His hand-picked successor, interim President Kassym Jomart-Tokayev, is widely expected to win the vote.
Protesters claimed the poll was not free and fair. But Mr Tokayev described the process as democratic and open.
Exit polls suggest 66-year-old Mr Tokayev, a former director-general of the United Nations Office in Geneva, won the election with 70% of the vote.
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9 June 2019
Police in Kazakhstan have arrested hundreds of people protesting against a poll to elect the country's first new president in 30 years.
The election was called after long-time leader, 78-year-old Nursultan Nazarbayev, stepped down in March.
His hand-picked successor, interim President Kassym Jomart-Tokayev, is widely expected to win the vote.
Protesters claimed the poll was not free and fair. But Mr Tokayev described the process as democratic and open.
Exit polls suggest 66-year-old Mr Tokayev, a former director-general of the United Nations Office in Geneva, won the election with 70% of the vote.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48574540