The Central Election Commission says voters in Kazakhstan have backed constitutional amendments proposed by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in the June 5 referendum.
It said that 77.18 per cent of votes were in favour of the amendments which decentralise decision-making and stripped former leader Nursultan Nazarbayev of his national leader status. The total turnout stood at 68.06 per cent.
Electoral commission chair Nurlan Abdirov says the referendum can be considered validated.