Azerbaijan, Baku , October 9/ Trend M. Aliyev /
The presidential election in Azerbaijan is being held in normal conditions, head of Russian CEC Vladimir Churov said at the meeting with the chairman of Azerbaijani CEC Mazahir Panahov on Wednesday.
According to Churov, during the voting no violations were observed, while the voters' turnout is high.
"I hope that this activity will be observed till the end of the election," he said.
At the meeting Panahov stressed that all the necessary conditions have been created for holding the presidential election at a high level.
The issues of cooperation between the Central Election Commissions of the two countries were discussed at the meeting as well.
The presidential election voting started in Azerbaijan on Wednesday. Country's polling stations opened at 8:00 am and will close at 7:00 pm (local time).
Ten candidates will take part in the elections including the Chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the chairman of Umid Party Igbal Aghazadeh, self-nominated candidate MP Zahid Oruj, the chairman of the United Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (UAPFP) MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev, the chairman of the Modern Musavat Party Hafiz Hajiyev, the chairman of the Azerbaijan Social Democratic Party (ASDP) Araz Alizadeh, the chairman of the National Revival Movement Party, MP Faraj Guliyev, the candidate nominated by the initiative group of voters of the 'National Council of Democratic Forces', Jamil Hasanli, the chairman of the Adalat Party, MP Ilyas Ismayilov and the chairman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) Sardar Jalaloglu.
The Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan has registered 5,145,643 voters.
In connection with the presidential elections, the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan established 5,273 permanent and 219 temporary polling stations.
Web cameras have been installed in 1000 polling stations in 119 constituencies of Azerbaijan. Unlike in previous years, this time the voting process can be monitored via mobile devices such as smartphones.
Totally, 52,000 people observe the election in Azerbaijan, nearly 1,400 of which are international observers.
Also, the presidential election are being covered by over 70 representatives from over 20 international media outlets.
Head of Russian CEC: Activity of Azerbaijani voters at high level
The presidential election in Azerbaijan is being held in normal conditions
