Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 9 /Trend S.Ahmedova/
We did not encounter any problems in the presidential election in Azerbaijan, MP from Iceland Brynhildur Petursdottir told journalists on Wednesday.
"I think that everything is in order. The situation at the polling stations that we visited was normal," the member of Icelandic parliament said.
According to her, people want to make the right choice.
"These are my first impressions, because it is my first visit to Azerbaijan. Election procedures do not greatly differ from those in Iceland," she said.
The presidential election voting started in Azerbaijan on Wednesday.
Country's polling stations opened at 8:00 and closed at 19:00 (local time).
Ten candidates took 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 observed the election in Azerbaijan, nearly 1,400 of which are international observers.
Also, the presidential election was covered by over 70 representatives from over 20 international media outlets.