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Politics

Ruling party sweeps Kazakh parliamentary election, exit polls show

Members of a local election committee empty a ballot box to count votes after polls closed during parliamentary election in Almaty, Kazakhstan, March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev

Kazakhstan voted in a snap parliamentary election on Sunday widely expected to cement President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's grip on power and complete a reshuffle of the ruling elite that began after he fully assumed leadership last year.

Exits polls showed the ruling Amanat party winning 53-54% of the vote, enough to retain a comfortable majority. Voter turnout stood at 54.2%, the Central Election Commission said.

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