Voting Process In Azerbaijani Presidential Election Follows All Canons Of Democracy - TURKPA Representative


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 7. The voting process in the presidential election in Azerbaijan is being conducted following all canons of democracy, Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States (TURKPA), MP Abzal Kuspan told Trend .

"We have specially arrived today first in the city of Shusha and now we are in Khankendi. Yesterday we were in the city of Baku. No violations were noticed on our part. Therefore, we can already consider that the election in Azerbaijan, including in the towns of Khankendi and Shusha, has been held," he said.

Kuspan also expressed his admiration for the construction and reconstruction works in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan.

"We saw that for all this time, for 30 years, the separatists had not built anything here. Everything has been destroyed. How does the enemy behave? Ruins everything that was built before. The Azerbaijani people and government built so many new buildings here in a very short period. We have seen with our own eyes how buildings, including churches, in Shusha city are already being restored. The Azerbaijani people do not divide anyone by nationality and religion," he concluded.

To note, voting in the presidential election is going on in Azerbaijan.

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).

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 15:00, 17:00, and 19:00 Baku time.

The crucial cutoff for candidate registration came on January 9, with seven contenders now in the race for the presidential seat.

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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