Negative Incidents Steer Clear Of Azerbaijan's Parliamentary Elections - Official


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 2. The extraordinary parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan have been completely incident-free, first deputy chairman of the House of Representatives of Morocco, Mohamed Sabbari, told reporters, Trend reports.

He noted that all of Azerbaijan's sovereign territories, including the recently liberated Karabakh, were subject to special parliamentary elections that took place the day before.

“Not a single negative incident was recorded during the election process, which demonstrates the transparency of the process and its compliance with all rules. I congratulate the Azerbaijani people on the success of the elections,” Sabbari said.

To note, extraordinary parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on September 1.

According to preliminary data, voter turnout at the elections amounted to 37.27 percent. The number of voters casting their ballots amounted to 2,196,771. A total of 5,895 polling stations submitted their protocols to the CEC.

A total of 112,749 domestic observers were registered to observe the election. More than 65,000 of them were representatives of political parties.

The number of registered international observers was 598, representing 51 organizations, in 69 countries.

Out of 990 registered candidates in the parliamentary elections, 305 are representatives of 25 political parties. Whereas 371 candidates are members of political parties, they were not nominated by the parties to which they belong. A total of 676 candidates have political party affiliation.

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