(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 7. Residents of Kamarli village in the Gazakh region bordering Armenia are exercising their constitutional right to vote for their preferred candidate in the presidential election, Trend reports.

At her residence in Kamarli village, 117-year-old Sayali Nabiyeva, a voter of polling station No. 39 in Gazakh electoral district No. 109, cast her vote.

Due to health reasons preventing her from going to the polling station, a portable ballot box was brought to her house. She expressed her vote for Azerbaijan's prosperous future and wished for peace and tranquility worldwide.

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).

Since 08:00 (GMT+4), polling stations have been open for voters, and will close at 19:00. The Central Election Commission Secretariat's Information Center will share preliminary updates on the voting process and results at 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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