Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec.23
By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:
Voter turnout in the municipal elections held in Azerbaijan on Dec.23 hit 38.93 percent, CEC Information Centre Director Rufat Gulmammadov said.
He said 1,876,014 out of 4,819,382 voters took part in the elections.
The polling stations in Azerbaijan opened at 08:00 (UTC/GMT +4 hours). The voting ended at 19:00 (UTC/GMT +4 hours).
Around 15,035 members of 1,607 municipalities should be elected.
The election was conducted on 118 constituencies. The voting took place at 5,015 polling stations. Around 4,887 are permanent and 128 - temporary. The municipal election is not held in seven constituencies situated in the territory occupied by Armenia.
Around 37,077 candidates were registered in the municipal election. Around 13,907 candidates were nominated by eight political parties, namely, New Azerbaijan party, Ana Vatan party, Civil Solidarity Party, Umid party, Azerbaijani Social Democratic Party, National Revival Movement Party, Azerbaijan Democratic Reforms Party and Boyuk Qurtulus party.
Around 23,061 candidates are self-nominated and 109 candidates were nominated by the initiative groups.