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Nov. 20, 2022Updated: Nov. 20, 2022 4:07 a.m.

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In this handout photograph released by Kazakhstan's President Press Office, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev casts his ballot astatine a polling presumption successful Astasna, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Tokayev appears definite to triumph a caller word against little-known challengers successful a drawback predetermination connected Sunday. Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a bloody outburst of unrest aboriginal this twelvemonth and past moved to marginalize immoderate of the Central Asian country's longtime almighty figures. (Kazakhstan's President Press Office via AP)

National servicemen lineup to formed their votes adjacent to a poster showing statesmanlike candidates astatine a polling presumption successful Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Kazakhstan's president appears definite to triumph a caller word against little-known challengers successful a drawback predetermination connected Sunday. Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a bloody outburst of unrest aboriginal this twelvemonth and past moved to marginalize immoderate of the Central Asian country's longtime almighty figures. (Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)

A pistillate leaves a voting booth to formed her ballot astatine a polling presumption successful Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Kazakhstan's president appears definite to triumph a caller word against little-known challengers successful a drawback predetermination connected Sunday. Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a bloody outburst of unrest aboriginal this twelvemonth and past moved to marginalize immoderate of the Central Asian country's longtime almighty figures. (Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)

Voters formed their ballots astatine a polling presumption successful Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Kazakhstan's president appears definite to triumph a caller word against little-known challengers successful a drawback predetermination connected Sunday. Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a bloody outburst of unrest aboriginal this twelvemonth and past moved to marginalize immoderate of the Central Asian country's longtime almighty figures. (Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)

A serviceman casts his ballot astatine a polling presumption successful Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Kazakhstan's president appears definite to triumph a caller word against little-known challengers successful a drawback predetermination connected Sunday. Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a bloody outburst of unrest aboriginal this twelvemonth and past moved to marginalize immoderate of the Central Asian country's longtime almighty figures. (Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)

Members of the predetermination committee sing the nationalist anthem anterior to opening a polling presumption successful Astana, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Kazakhstan's president appears definite to triumph a caller word against little-known challengers successful a drawback predetermination connected Sunday. Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a bloody outburst of unrest aboriginal this twelvemonth and past moved to marginalize immoderate of the Central Asian country's longtime almighty figures.

National servicemen formed their votes astatine a polling presumption successful Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Kazakhstan's president appears definite to triumph a caller word against little-known challengers successful a drawback predetermination connected Sunday. Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a bloody outburst of unrest aboriginal this twelvemonth and past moved to marginalize immoderate of the Central Asian country's longtime almighty figures. (Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)

A National serviceman leaves a voting booth to formed his ballot astatine a polling presumption successful Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Kazakhstan's president appears definite to triumph a caller word against little-known challengers successful a drawback predetermination connected Sunday. Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a bloody outburst of unrest aboriginal this twelvemonth and past moved to marginalize immoderate of the Central Asian country's longtime almighty figures. (Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)

National servicemen lineup to formed their astatine a polling presumption successful Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Kazakhstan's president appears definite to triumph a caller word against little-known challengers successful a drawback predetermination connected Sunday. Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a bloody outburst of unrest aboriginal this twelvemonth and past moved to marginalize immoderate of the Central Asian country's longtime almighty figures. (Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)

In this handout photograph released by Kazakhstan's President Press Office, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev speaks to the media aft voting astatine a polling presumption successful Astana, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Tokayev appears definite to triumph a caller word against little-known challengers successful a drawback predetermination connected Sunday. Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a bloody outburst of unrest aboriginal this twelvemonth and past moved to marginalize immoderate of the Central Asian country's longtime almighty figures. (Muhtor Holdorbekov/Kazakhstan's President Press Office via AP)

Voters get their ballots astatine a polling presumption successful Astana, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Kazakhstan's president appears definite to triumph a caller word against little-known challengers successful a drawback predetermination connected Sunday. Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a bloody outburst of unrest aboriginal this twelvemonth and past moved to marginalize immoderate of the Central Asian country's longtime almighty figures.

In this handout photograph released by Kazakhstan's President Press Office, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev leaves a voting booth to formed his ballot astatine a polling presumption successful Astana, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Tokayev appears definite to triumph a caller word against little-known challengers successful a drawback predetermination connected Sunday. Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a bloody outburst of unrest aboriginal this twelvemonth and past moved to marginalize immoderate of the Central Asian country's longtime almighty figures. (Muhtor Holdorbekov/Kazakhstan's President Press Office via AP)

A elector casts his ballot astatine a polling presumption successful Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Kazakhstan's president appears definite to triumph a caller word against little-known challengers successful a drawback predetermination connected Sunday. Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a bloody outburst of unrest aboriginal this twelvemonth and past moved to marginalize immoderate of the Central Asian country's longtime almighty figures. (Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)

A mates formed their ballots astatine a polling presumption successful Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Kazakhstan's president appears definite to triumph a caller word against little-known challengers successful a drawback predetermination connected Sunday. Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a bloody outburst of unrest aboriginal this twelvemonth and past moved to marginalize immoderate of the Central Asian country's longtime almighty figures. (Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — Kazakhstan's incumbent president is wide expected to unafraid an casual triumph successful Sunday's drawback predetermination that comes aft bloody unrest shook the state this twelvemonth and helium moved to stifle the power of his authoritarian predecessor.

Five candidates are connected the ballot against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. With a abbreviated run play that began successful precocious October, they had small accidental to equine important challenges. Tokayev, seemingly assured of holding a beardown advantage, stayed distant from a nationally televised predetermination debate.

The nationalist elections committee said astir 39% of the electorate had voted by midday (0600 GMT).

The predetermination for a seven-year word comes arsenic Tokayev has taken steps to support Kazakhstan’s region from longtime state and ascendant determination powerfulness Russia. He pointedly said the state did not admit the Ukrainian regions that Russia declared to beryllium sovereign states astatine the outset of the struggle that began successful February.

Kazakhstan has taken successful hundreds of thousands of Russians who fled aft President Vladimir Putin issued a conscription bid successful September.

When Tokayev became president successful 2019 pursuing the resignation of Nursultan Nazarbayev, helium was wide expected to proceed the authoritarian people of the antheral who had led the resource-rich state since it gained independency from the Soviet Union. Nazarbayev remained highly influential arsenic caput of the nationalist information council, and the superior was renamed Nur-Sultan successful his honor.

Then a question of unit arose successful January, erstwhile provincial protests initially sparked by a substance terms hike engulfed different cities, notably the commercialized capital, Almaty, and became overtly governmental arsenic demonstrators shouted “Old antheral out!” successful notation to Nazarbayev. More than 220 people, mostly protesters, died arsenic constabulary harshly enactment down the unrest.

Amid the violence, Tokayev removed Nazarbayev from his information assembly post. He restored the capital’s erstwhile sanction of Astana, and the Parliament of Kazakhstan repealed a instrumentality granting Nazarbayev and his household immunity from prosecution.

One of Nazarbayev's nephews, Kairat Satybaldy, successful September was sentenced to six years successful situation for embezzlement. Nazarbayev, aft casting his ballot connected Sunday, said “It has to beryllium thought that the determination of the tribunal was just.”

Tokayev aboriginal pushed done reforms that included strengthening the parliament, reducing statesmanlike powers and limiting the presidency to a azygous seven-year word — meaning helium could enactment successful bureau until 2029, if helium wins Sunday’s election.

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