BAKU: The parliamentary election in Azerbaijan has seen a high organization level, Russian MP, observer for the election, Alexey Chepa told Trend.
‘We visited 12 polling stations in Baku. We also noticed a festive mood at the polling stations; people were happy to come to the polls,’ he noted.
According to him, Azerbaijan has entered its new historical phase after the historic victory in Karabakh and after the election of the President of Azerbaijan.
‘I was very pleased to see a lot of young people as observers at all the polling stations,’ the MP said.
Voting in the parliamentary election in Azerbaijan has concluded at 19:00 (GMT +4).
On June 28, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree dissolving the sixth convocation of the Azerbaijani Parliament and scheduling the extraordinary election for September 1.
Azerbaijan has 6,421,960 registered voters, including 374 who turned 18 on the election day. There are 6,478 polling stations, comprising 6,343 permanent and 135 temporary
locations.
In the territories liberated from occupation, 54 permanent polling stations were set up. There were 10 electoral districts for internally displaced persons (IDPs), with 574 IDP polling stations serving 397,862 voters.
A total of 112,749 local observers have been registered, including over 65,000 representatives of political parties. There are 598 international observers from 51 organizations and 69 countries, including 227 from OSCE/ODIHR and 61 from OSCE PA.
Among the 990 registered candidates, 305 represent 25 political parties, while 371 are party members but were not nominated by their parties. In total, 676 candidates are affiliated with political parties.
Source: Trend News Agency