70% of Zhanaozen voted for Nur Otan: President NazarbayevCommenting on the situation in Zhanaozen, Nazarbayev said that “common people were not responsible [for the public unrest following a long-lasting industrial action of fired oilmen].
Voter turnout reached 70% in Kazakhstan As of 4 p.m. on January 15 6.223.525 people in Kazakhstan cast their ballots. This is 66.9 percent of the overall number of voters.