Kazakh election: Observers question vote count

Tokayev has won more than 70 percent of the votes cast in a 77 percent turnout, a result he insists is authentic.

Election observers have criticised Sunday’s presidential vote in Kazakhstan which saw Kassym-Jomart Tokayev elected by a wide margin.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said the vote was “tarnished by violations of fundamental freedoms”.

Al Jazeera’s Robin Forestier-Walker reports from the capital Nur-Sultan.