Kazakhstan reveals Senate election results

Staff of Kazakhstan's Central Election Commission collect ballots for the Senate election at a polling station in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on Aug. 12, 2020. Kazakhstan's Central Election Commission (CEC) on Wednesday revealed the preliminary results of the Senate election. Akhylbek Kurishbayev from Nur-Sultan constituency, Sultanbek Makizhanov from Almaty and another 15 candidates received more than 50 percent of the votes, the commission announced. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)