BAKU: The voting process in Azerbaijan’s presidential election was organized at a high level, despite the short preparation period, Russian MP Viktor Seliverstov told Trend.
“We have studied Azerbaijan’s legislation and electoral code. Your electoral system is not significantly different from the Russian one. Azerbaijan employs a high degree of protection against so-called ‘carousel’ voting; you have registration through the portal and fingerprint identification. The chairpersons of the commissions of the polling stations visited by us have extensive experience. Citizens were active, and we observed queues of voters eager to cast their votes,” said the MP.
The voting for the extraordinary presidential election of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been completed.
The voting process at the polling stations was concluded at 19:00 (GMT+4).
From 08:00, polling stations were open for voters and closed at 19:00. The Central Election Commission Secretariat’s Information Center shared preliminary updates on the votin
g process and results at 10:00, 12:00, 15:00, 17:00, and 19:00.
Candidates for the presidency in the election included incumbent President Ilham Aliyev (New Azerbaijan Party), independent contenders Zahid Oruj and Fuad Aliyev, Razi Nurullayev (National Front Party), Fazil Mustafa (Great Order Party), Elshad Musayev (Great Azerbaijan Party), and Gudrat Gasanguliyev (Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party).
The voter roll boasted 6,478,623 people who cast their votes across 6,537 polling stations throughout the country.
A total of 90,372 observers were registered to monitor the election, with 790 of them representing 72 international organizations from 89 countries.
For the first time in the history of the independent Republic of Azerbaijan, the election covered the entire country, including the lands liberated from Armenian occupation in 2020. In the liberated territories, 26 polling stations were established.
For Azerbaijani citizens residing abroad, 49 polling stations were established in the embassies an
d consulates of 37 countries. This allowed over 23,000 expatriates to participate in the voting process from various corners of the globe.
A robust media presence of 190 international entities observed the election, with 216 of their representatives officially registered as international observers.
Source: Trend News Agency