Kazakh ruling party wins 71% of vote in lower house vote - election commission

The Nur Otan party headed by Kazakhstan's former president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has won 71.09% of the vote in Sunday's parliamentary election, the Central Asian nation's central election commission said on Monday, citing preliminary data.

That means Nur Otan, of which President Kassym-Jomart is also a senior member, will retain dominance in the oil-rich nation's lower house of parliament.