BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 2. Azerbaijan's parliamentary election results have shown full trust in the ruling party, head of the group of observers from the international organization ICAAP (International Conference of Asian TV Political Parties, uniting more than 23 political parties in the world), Halil Ibrahim Korkmaz told Trend.
He mentioned that the ruling party of Azerbaijan, New Azerbaijan, received 68 seats in the new parliament, and this is an important indicator.
“At the same time, the fact that 44 seats in the Azerbaijani Parliament are held by independent MPs is a very high figure, which happens in countries with developed democracies,” the ICCAP representative emphasized.
Korkmaz said that the election result depended on and demonstrated the will of the people.
“Citizens freely expressed their opinions. This is a sign of democracy. People analyzed how the elected representatives of the people performed and will be able to fulfill their duties,” added the ICAAP representative.
The snap parliamentary election was held in Azerbaijan on September 1.
According to preliminary data, the voter turnout in the election reached 37.27 percent.
A total of 2,196,771 voters had cast their ballots in the election, and 5,895 polling stations submitted their protocols to the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan.
A total of 112,749 local observers have been registered, including over 65,000 representatives of political parties. There were 598 international observers from 51 organizations and 69 countries.
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.
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