Kazakhstan's ruling party largely won Sunday's parliamentary elections, with over 70 percent of the vote, according to an exit poll conducted by a body approved by the authorities.
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The Nour Otan party, the formation of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and his predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev, leads in a ballot without suspense in which the opposition was absent.