BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 2. Voters had the widest choice at the parliamentary election in Azerbaijan, Deputy Chairman of the Council of the National Assembly of Belarus Sergei Khomenko said during a media briefing, Trend reports.
He mentioned that the observation mission was carried out in Fuzuli, Shusha, and Aghdam.
“In Azerbaijan, voters had the widest choice, with 125 seats in parliament and 990 candidates to fill these positions. No violations of the Electoral Code were identified at any of the polling stations,” Khomenko said.
He added that the election commissions treated the preparation of this event with the highest responsibility and complied with all the rules that were prescribed under the Electoral Code.
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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