(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 1. Euronews TV
channel has dedicated a video report to the snap parliamentary
election in Azerbaijan, Trend reports, citing the independent media
center elections 2024 .
The report points out that these are the first parliamentary
elections to be held across the board in the country's sovereign
territory.
The TV channel pointed out that there are 25 Political parties
throwing their hats in the ring for the elections, and the elected
deputies will hold the reins of legislative power in the country
for the next 5 years. 990 candidates are competing for 125 seats in
parliament.
In the sixth convocation of the parliament, the ruling party won
69 out of 125 seats, and the TV channel believes in its report that
following the results of the current vote, it will retain the
majority in the Milli Majlis.
Voting in the parliamentary election in Azerbaijan has concluded
at 19:00 (GMT +4).
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.
Azerbaijan has 6,421,960 registered voters, including 374 who
turned 18 on the election day. There are 6,478 polling stations,
comprising 6,343 permanent and 135 temporary locations.
In the territories liberated from occupation, 54 permanent
polling stations were set up. There were 10 electoral districts for
internally displaced persons (IDPs), with 574 IDP polling stations
serving 397,862 voters.
A total of 112,749 local observers have been registered,
including over 65,000 representatives of political parties. There
are 598 international observers from 51 organizations and 69
countries, including 227 from OSCE/ODIHR and 61 from OSCE PA.
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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