MojNews-Kazakhs are set to go to polls on Sunday to choose a new president.Voting will start at ۷ a.m. local time (۰۱۰۰GMT) and end at ۸ p.m. (۱۴۰۰GMT).

Some ۱۲ million people are expected to vote in the elections.

Seven candidates are competing for the top job.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev who took the reins as acting president a day after the resignation of Nursultan Nazarbayev earlier in March had announced that the oil-rich Central Asian country will hold snap polls on June ۹.

Kazakhstan &#۳۹;s ruling party nominated Tokayev as its presidential candidate.