Information message on the preliminary results of the republican referendum

As of 08:00 on June 6 this year the counting of votes at 10,012 polling stations in all regions of the country and abroad has ended.

The total number of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan who have the right to participate in the referendum amounted to 11 million 734 thousand 642 people.

The number of citizens who took part in the voting amounted to 7 million 986 thousand 293 people, or 68.06% of the number of citizens who have the right to participate in the referendum.

The number of citizens who voted for a positive resolution of the issue put to the referendum amounted to 77.18 percent or 6 million 163 thousand 863 people who took part in voting in all regions of the country.

The number of citizens who voted against the constitutional amendments was 18.66 percent, or 1 million 490 thousand 475 people from those who took part in the vote.

The number of ballots in which both answers were chosen, that is, recognized as valid, but not taken into account when counting votes, amounted to 1.58%, or 125,859 ballots.

The number of ballots of an unspecified form, where the will of the voters and declared invalid was not possible to determine, amounted to 2.58%, or 206 thousand 096 ballots.

The results of the republican referendum will be established at a meeting of the Central Referendum Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan.