Azerbaijan, Baku, 27 May / Trend corr. E.Mammadov / Approximately 235,562 residents of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan will participate in the upcoming presidential elections in the county. The presidential elections in Azerbaijan will be held on 15 October 2008, Maharram Gasimov, Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of NAR, stated to Trend .
Touching upon the preparatory process to the elections in NAR, Gasimov stated that the final list of voters is usually defined from the beginning of the year till 30 May. This process is held in 7 election districts with 275 election centres.
So, the final list of voters for the approaching presidential elections from NAR has already been developed. Some 12,000 people will participate in the elections for the first time.