Azerbaijan Unveils Top Contenders Following Municipal Election
Date
1/30/2025 5:08:39 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 30. The list of
leading candidates from the recent municipal election in Azerbaijan
has been made public and is available on the Central Election
Commission's (CEC) website, Trend reports.
During the municipal election in Azerbaijan on January 29, more
than 1.8 million voters cast their ballots, resulting in a turnout
exceeding 31 percent.
Following the results of the election, 8,071 members of 685
municipalities in 118 electoral districts will be elected.
A total of 16,092 candidates appeared on the ballots in this
election.
A voter base of nearly 6 million was eligible to cast ballots,
and the CEC accredited more than 70,600 observers for monitoring
the elections, including over 26,000 from political parties.
Additionally, webcams were installed at 1,000 polling stations
to ensure transparency.
Yesterday's Azerbaijani municipal election was the first in the
country's liberated territories and the sixth overall. The
inaugural municipal election in Azerbaijan occurred on December 12,
1999. Consequently, up to 2,660 municipalities were established
nationwide. Nineteen members were elected to the largest
municipality and five to the smallest municipality.
Municipalities in Azerbaijan are elected for a five-year term.
Members of municipalities may be elected by Republic of Azerbaijan
citizens who are eligible to vote and permanently reside in the
appropriate electoral district.
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