The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan announced the preliminary results of the municipal election held on January 29, AzVision.az reports.
The preliminary results were announced by the Chairman of the Central Election Commission Mazahir Panahov at a briefing for journalists.
According to him, 1,580,532 ballots have been counted so far.
“The number of municipalities formed is 413. 4,872 polling stations have submitted reports,” said Panahov.
The voting in municipal election was completed in Azerbaijan at 19:00 yesterday.
Following the results of the election, 8,071 members of 685 municipalities in 118 electoral districts will be elected.
The number of polling stations where voting in the municipal election took place amounted to 5,846. Of these, 5,734 were permanent and 112 were temporary.
A total of 5.9 million eligible voters had the right to participate in the election. As of 17:00, 1.7 million voters had cast their ballots.
The names of 16,092 candidates were listed on the ballot for the municipal election.
Of the 16,092 candidates, 8,424 were nominated by 23 political parties. About 31 percent of the candidates are women, and about 82 percent have higher education.
As many as 70,625 observers were accredited by the CEC and district election commissions for the municipal election. Of these, 26,260 were political party observers.
Some 41 percent of candidates in the municipal election were between 21 and 35 years of age.
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