(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 2. The TURKPA
delegation has concluded that the parliamentary elections in
Azerbaijan were held under Democratic values and international law,
the Head of the delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic
Speaking Countries (TURKPA), member of the Grand National Assembly
of Türkiye Ahmet Zenbilci said, Trend reports.
According to him, TURKPA is working to strengthen ties between
member countries.
“The TURKPA delegation has been observing the elections since
2010. The elections in Azerbaijan were held following the
constitution and democratic and international law. Equal conditions
were created for the candidates. These elections went down in
history as the first parliamentary elections held on the entire
territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan,” he noted.
Zenbilci emphasized that TURKPA held several meetings as an
international observation mission.
“We received detailed information about preparations for the
elections, elaboration of rules, electoral process, and answers to
complaints. Our mission observed the elections in Baku, Shamakhi,
and Gobustan. The delegation concluded that the parliamentary
elections in Azerbaijan were held under democratic values and
international law,” he added.
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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