ASTANA, October 4 (RIA Novosti) - No violation has so far been registered in the senate polls underway in Kazakhstan, the country's top election authority said Saturday.
As of 13:00 local time (07:00 GMT), the voter turnout for elections to the country's 39-seat upper house of parliament stood at 97.7%, according to the Kazakh Central Election Commission.
Half of the senate members are elected every three years, with a senator's mandate valid for six years. Thirty-seven candidates are running for 16 seats this year. Seven senators are appointed by the republic's president.
Preliminary reports said 202 observers were involved in the polls, including 50 foreign monitors.
