Polls open for snap Kazakhstan presidential election

Kazakhstan holds a snap presidential vote, months after deadly unrest spurred a historic power shift in the Central Asian country

Kazakh army service members queue to cast their votes at a polling station during presidential elections in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Voting began on Sunday at 7:00 am local time and the nearly 12 million voters of the vast Central Asian country will have until 8:00 pm to cast their ballots in the vote which is expected to cement incumbent Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's grip on power.

Few expect surprises in the vast country's polls, with Tokayev's victory all but a foregone conclusion. The 69-year-old is facing no real opposition candidates in the former Soviet country where all five of his competitors are virtually unknown.

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