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Exit poll released

Written by on Sunday, 4 December 2005
Kazakhstan, Politics and Society
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According to this exit poll, Nazarbayev will win the elections by an even bigger margin than expected:

The RIA-Novosti and Interfax news agencies said an exit poll by a Russia-based political consulting firm showed Nazarbayev leading with more than 87 percent of the vote.

We also hear first voices of discontent:

‘There were multiple violations of the law,’ said Aidos Sarimov, a spokesman for the runner-up, Zharmakhan Tuyakbai, who according to the exit poll won just 9.58 pct.

‘We intend to use all potential, possible legal mechanisms to protest these violations,’ Sarimov told reporters in the state’s biggest city Almaty.

According to Sarimov, voter lists were falsified and the official turnout of 75.5 percent was inflated.

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