Turkmenistan President's son wins snap presidential election

Turkmenistan's Central Election Commission on Tuesday said Serdar Berdimuhamedov, son of outgoing President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, won the snap presidential election. Serdar secured nearly 73% votes with his nearest rival in a field of nine candidates mustering just 11%. In power since 2007, the outgoing President called the snap election last month paving way for a generation of new leaders.