(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 7. High activity of
voters is observed because for the first time election is held on
the whole territory of Azerbaijan, the Director of the Institute of
Political Studies, who arrived at polling station No 7 of Sabail
district, Sergei Markov told Trend .
"We see that the election is going on normally. This is the
second polling station we visited. Now we will go to other polling
stations. We observe high activity of voters, because for the first
time election is held in the whole territory of Azerbaijan. People
are very happy to express their support for the great victory of
the Azerbaijani people. This, I would say, is the most important
thing. People express their happiness and support for this great
victory," he said.
From 08:00 (GMT+4), polling stations will be open for voters,
and close at 19:00. The Central Election Commission Secretariat's
Information Center will share preliminary updates on the voting
process and results at 10:00, 12:00, 15:00, 17:00, and 19:00.
Candidates for the presidency in the upcoming election include
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 boasts 6,478,623 people who will cast their votes
across 6,537 polling stations throughout the country.
A total of 90,372 observers are registered to monitor the
election, with 790 of them representing 72 international
organizations from 89 countries.
For the first time in the history of independent Azerbaijan, the
upcoming election will span across the entire country, including
the lands liberated from Armenian occupation in 2020. In the
liberated territories, 26 polling stations have been
established.
For Azerbaijani citizens residing abroad, 49 polling stations
have been established in the embassies and consulates of 37
countries. This allows over 23,000 expatriates to participate in
the voting process from various corners of the globe.
A robust media presence of 190 international entities is
dedicated to observing the election, with 216 of their
representatives officially registered as international
observers.
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