Uzbekistan is voting in the country's presidential election as polling stations opened across the country on Sunday morning, reported Sputnik.
Voting started at 8 am local time (03:00 GMT) and will end at 8 pm on Sunday.
All five political parties registered in Uzbekistan were able to nominate their candidates for the presidential election and the registration of the candidates was completed in mid-September.
The 64-year-old incumbent Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, 64, from the Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party (UzLiDeP), is expected to win the vote. Mirziyoyev took office in 2016, according to Sputnik.
( With inputs from ANI )
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