Referendum on new Constitution declared valid

Voting counting concluded on March 16 at 08:00 am,.

According to the Commission, voter turnout reached 73.12%, with 9,127,192 citizens casting their ballots.

Preliminary data shows that 7,954,667 people supported the adoption of the proposed constitutional amendments, representing 87.15% of voters.

Meanwhile, 898,099 voted against the amendments, and 146,558 ballots were declared invalid.

Regional breakdown of support for constitutional amendments:

1. Abai region – 84.02%.
2. Akmola region – 85.64%.
3. Aktobe refion – 93.96%.
4. Almaty region – 80.41%.
5. Atyrau region – 78.81%.
6. West Kazakhstan region – 81.41%.
7. Zhambyl region – 92.73%.
8. Zhetysu region – 90.15%.
9. Karaganda region – 83.82%.
10. Kostanay region – 89.74%.
11. Kyzylorda region – 89.97%.
12. Mangystau region – 93.40%.
13. Pavlodar region – 94.14%.
14. North Kazakhstan region – 83.10%.
15. Turkistan region – 92.21%.
16. Ulytau region – 83.73%.
17. East Kazakhstan region – 91.51%.
18. Astana – 86.32%.
19. Almaty – 71.36%.
20. Shymkent – 86.88%.

Earlier, the results of the exit poll on the referendum for the new Constitution were announced.