Kazakh president expected to win reelection

Voters in Kazakhstan cast their ballots Sunday in an election that is expected to renew long-serving President Nursultan Nazarbayev's grip on power.

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Voters in Kazakhstan cast their ballots Sunday in an election that is expected to renew long-serving President Nursultan Nazarbayev's grip on power. The 70-year-old leader's current term ends in 2012, but he called for snap elections after rejecting a proposed referendum that would have extended his rule of one of the wealthiest Central Asian nations until 2020. Kazakh president expected to win reelection He is expected to seek another term in 2016. Nazarbayev, a former steelworker who has ruled Kazakhstan since Soviet days, faces only three minor challengers — Gani Kasymov of the Party of Patriots, Communist Party leader Zhambyl Akhmetbekov and environmentalist Mels Yeleusizov. Kazakhstan's main opposition leaders called for a voter boycott, saying there was not enough time to organize a meaningful campaign in time for the April 3 vote. Kazakhstan has never held an election deemed free and fair by international observers.

Kazakh president expected to win reelection

He is expected to seek another term in 2016.

Nazarbayev, a former steelworker who has ruled Kazakhstan since Soviet days, faces only three minor challengers — Gani Kasymov of the Party of Patriots, Communist Party leader Zhambyl Akhmetbekov and environmentalist Mels Yeleusizov.

Kazakhstan's main opposition leaders called for a voter boycott, saying there was not enough time to organize a meaningful campaign in time for the April 3 vote.

Kazakhstan has never held an election deemed free and fair by international observers.

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