Uzbek acting President Shavkat Mirziyoyev leaves a voting booth to cast his ballot for the presidential election in Tashkent on December 4, 2016. AFP / POOL / Anvar Ilyasov
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Uzbekistan's interim leader Shavkat Mirziyoyev has won a landslide victory to become the country's second-ever president following the death of long-reigning strongman Islam Karimov, official results said Monday.
According to the Central Election Commission, Mirziyoyev scooped 88.6% of the vote after a preliminary count in this central Asian country which has a population of 32 million.
