Kazakh NPP referendum turnout reaches 63.66% - preliminary results

ASTANA. Oct 7 (Interfax) - The Kazakh NPP referendum turnout reached 63.66%, according to the preliminary information, Kazakh Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman Nurlan Abdirov said.

"Based on the current information from commissions in regions and the cities of Astana, Almaty and Shymkent, the Central Elections Commission has summed up preliminary results of voting in the republic's referendum. A total of 7,820,204, or 63.66% of voters who qualified to take part in the referendum cast their ballots," Abdirov said at a CEC briefing on Monday.

"The total number of citizens who had the right to take part in the referendum was 12,284,487," he said.