英语文摘:1st LD: Preliminary results show Uzbek incumbent president taking lead -- commission

TASHKENT, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Preliminary results showed Uzbek incumbent president Karimov winning over 90 percent of the vote, the country's central election commission announced Monday.

Rough tally was over 17 million votes for Karimov, and the final results of the election would be announced in 10 days, said the commission during a briefing held at 4:00 p.m. local time (1100 GMT).