Voting in the national referendum on the new Constitution of Kazakhstan officially ended at 08:00 pm. local time. Election commissions began counting ballots. Deputy Chairman of the Central Referendum Commission, Mukhtar Yerman, presented preliminary turnout figures for the day, Qazinform News Agency reports.
According to territorial commissions, 9,126,850 citizens across the country came to vote. Preliminary turnout for the entire day reached 73.24%.
Yerman noted that, under current legislation, the counting process must not exceed 12 hours from the start of tallying.
Turnout by region (as of 08:00 pm. Astana time):
- Abai region - 75.45%;
- Akmola region - 79.82%;
- Aktobe region - 87.05%;
- Almaty region - 71.46%;
- Atyrau region - 74.04%;
- West Kazakhstan - 68.94%;
- Zhambyl region - 85.06%;
- Zhetysu region - 78.49%;
- Karaganda region - 84.30%;
- Kostanay region - 81.21%;
- Kyzylorda region - 93.04%;
- Mangistau region - 77.89%;
- Pavlodar region - 75.51%;
- North Kazakhstan - 70.52%;
- Turkistan region - 84.03%;
- Ulytau region - 73.15%;
- East Kazakhstan - 86.42%;
- Astana city - 60.36%;
- Almaty city - 33.43%;
- Shymkent city - 75.82%.
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