Azerbaijan's Khankendi Kicks Off Voting For Parliamentary Election (PHOTO)
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
KHANKENDI, Azerbaijan, September 1. voting in
the parliamentary election of Azerbaijan has started at polling
stations of Khankendi electoral district No. 122, Trend reports.
The voters show high activity at polling stations since the
first minutes of stations opening.
On June 28, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
signed a decree dissolving the sixth convocation of the Azerbaijani
Parliament and scheduling the extraordinary election for September
1.
For the first time, an election to the parliament is being held
in all sovereign territories of Azerbaijan. Special attention has
been given to organizing and conducting the election at the highest
level in the territories liberated from occupation, where 54
polling stations have been established to uphold the constitutional
rights of more than 42,000 eligible voters.
In the election to the parliament, 990 candidates are vying for
seats. All necessary conditions have been provided for their free
campaigning, in line with legislative requirements. More than 600
international observers and over 112,000 local observers are
monitoring the election, with web cameras installed at 1,000
polling stations nationwide to allow direct and continuous
observation of the voting process without the need for
registration.
Portable ballot boxes will also be available for voting in the
parliamentary election, with all polling stations equipped
accordingly.
In connection with the election, the Citizens' Labor Rights
Protection League, together with Oracle Advisory Group (US), and
the "Tereggi" Public Association for Social Research, in
collaboration with the Italian SWG S.p.A. research company, have
applied to the CEC to conduct an exit poll during the election.
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