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Uzbek president reelected for seven-year term in snap election

Mirziyoyev wins 87.1% of vote in race without viable opposition

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is greeted at a local polling station during early presidential election in Tashkent on July 9.   © Press service of the President of Uzbekistan via Reuters

TASHKENT (Reuters) -- Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was re-elected with 87.1% of the vote on Sunday, the Central Election Commission said on Monday, citing preliminary results.

Mirziyoyev, who has led Central Asia's most populous nation since 2016, called a snap election after changing the constitution through a referendum, which reset his term count and extended the presidential term to seven years from five.

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