More than 10,000 of Kazakhstanis voted abroad - MFA
19:11, 26 April 2015
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - More than 10,000 of Kazakhstanis voted abroad, said Director of the Department for Administration and Control under the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan Kairat Sarzhanov at a briefing in Central Communications Service.
As of 5 p.m. Astana time 10,861 of Kazakhstanis voted abroad. That is 52% of the total number of voters abroad, said Mr.Sarzhanov. As told the MFA representative, 65 polling stations organized abroad have reported that the number of voters abroad is 20,882.
According to K. Sarzhanov, in order to maximize coverage of the voters abroad polling stations have been organized by embassies and consulates in countries and cities, such as: Brazil, Finland, Croatia, Thailand, Antalya, Brest, Kazan, Tallinn and Urumqi.