(Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev walks out of a voting booth before casting his ballot at a polling station during presidential elections in Astana, Kazakhstan, November 20, 2022. Press Service of the President of Kazakhstan)
ASTANA (Raza Syed) November 21– Kazakhstan’s president Qasim-Jomart Tokayev secured a second term in Sunday’s snap elections, winning 81.31 percent of the vote, the Central Asian nation’s central electoral commission said. said Monday, citing preliminary data.
The London Post Senior Correspondent, Raza Syed, who was invited as a foreign observer journalist to Kazakhstan has shown a huge level of satisfaction and contentment from the transparency of the presidential elections. He told that Elections were carried out in a responsible manner and the whole process was free and fair without any type of physical, psychological, or social pressure on the voters. He said all polling stations which I visited had been peacefully conducting the elections and people were highly motivated and charged with political energy they all had comprehensive political awareness and were well-educated and aware of all of the candidates’ motives, agendas, and manifestos as well.
as a result of these transparently organized elections, A 69-year-old former diplomat extends his reign in the oil-rich country by seven years and is given strong powers to continue an increasingly independent foreign policy.
Data showed turnout was 69.44%, with his five other candidates scoring in the low single digits. His second-most-popular choice among voters was “against everything,” with 5.8% of the vote.
Several other Central Asian leaders congratulated Tokayev on Monday morning before the provisional results were announced.
On another side in Kazakhstan’s Embassy in Islamabad the senior journalist and observer, Majid khan (Resident Chief Editor, Pakistan; The London Post ) has also shown a high level of contentment over the transparency of the elections and is highly admired the enthusiasm and energetically charged Kazakh people who participated in the presidential Elections with a lot of passion and enthusiasm. He also congratulated the re-elected Kazakhstan’s president Qasim-Jomart Tokayev on his historically decisive victory in these free and fair presidential elections of Kazakhstan 2022. Wishing Goodluck for his journey ahead to
re-elected President Mr. Tokayev, Majid Khan also hoped that Kazakhstan would surely progress more rapidly under his experienced leadership and strengthen its relations all over the world and especially with Pakistan.
