Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 2
By Anakhanum Khidayatova - Trend:
The peace and stability in Azerbaijan is a guarantee of the country's further progressive development, Sergey Lebedev, the head of the CIS observation mission, the CIS executive secretary, said at a press conference in Baku Nov. 2.
"People actively voted in the Azerbaijani parliamentary election," he said. "There were queues in some polling stations."
"The insignificant technical violations were recorded," he said. "But in general, the election was transparent and democratic."
The Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) has summed up the preliminary voting results at the parliamentary election held Nov. 1.
The election declared valid. The turnout was 55.7 percent. More than 2.89 million people voted in the election, which is six percent more than at the previous parliamentary election.
The names of the leading candidates in all 125 constituencies have been recently disclosed.