Presidential election begins in Uzbekistan

Voting for presidential election in Uzbekistan began on Sunday as polling stations opened at 6 a.m.

More than 20 million voters are to elect a new president for the next five-year term, Tass news agency reported citing Uzbekistan’s Central Electoral Commission.

The commission’s head, Mirza-Ulugbek Abdusalomov, said there are 9,058 polling stations, including 44 at Uzbek embassies abroad. Two polling stations have opened in Russia in the capital Moscow and Novosibirsk in Siberia.

Preliminary vote results will be announced on Monday. There will be no exit polls, Abdusalomov explained. Four candidates are in the fray in this year’s election.