France, Strasbourg, January 26 / Trend A. Magerramli / Past presidential elections in Azerbaijan were highly praised in the Assemblee Parliamentary Council of Europe, the head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov told reporters on Monday in Strasbourg.
"Gratifying that at the winter session of PACE it was a lot of positive opinions about October last year presidential elections in Azerbaijan in October.
As is well known at the first meeting of the PACE the work of the authority carried out during the past 6 months was discussed.
Among the important issues, the elections in Azerbaijan were also touched ", said Seidov.
October 15, president elections were held in Azerbaijan.
As a result of the election chairman of the ruling party "Yeni Azerbaijan", the current President Ilham Aliyev won, by the largest number of votes - 88.73 percent.
Chairman of the opposition party "Umid" Igbal Agazade gained 2.86 percent of the votes, chairman of the Grand creation Fazil Gazanfaroglu - 2.47 percent, chairman of the Popular Front of Azerbaijan holistic Gudret Gasanguliev - 2,28 percent, independent candidate Gulamguseyn Alibeyli - 2.23 percent , chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Fuad Aliyev - 0.78 per cent and chairman of the party "Modern Azerbaijan" Hafiz Hajiyev - 0.65 percent.
According to Seidov, many deputies expressed their views about the fact that the elections meet international standards.
"MP from Britain, Lord Tom Linson said that the recent elections can be regarded as an example not only in Azerbaijan but also in the whole region", said Seidov.
Today, in Strasbourg, the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has started.
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