Nazarbayev congratulates his party on winning parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan

AKIPRESS.COM - The Chairman of the ruling party Nur Otan Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated his fellow party members on the win in the parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan held on Jan 10.
"Kazakhstanis link the further development of our country, the improvement of welfare with our party," Nazarbayev said citing results of the exit poll, according to which Nur Otan won about 71.9% of the vote.
Former president of Kazakhstan Nazarbayev called the party's victory the result of "great coordinated work" and thanked his fellow party members.
According to the CEC, voter turnout in Sunday vote made 63.3%.
Exit poll showed the Ak Zhol Democratic Party won 10.2% of the vote and the People's Party of Kazakhstan - 9-9.5%.
Other parties, according to exit polls, did not pass the 7% threshold to win seats in the lower house of the country's parliament.