Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug. 26 / corr Trend J.Babayeva /
Chairman of the Azerbaijani Election Commission, Natig Mammadov, expects Azerbaijani voter turnover to remain activity in the municipal elections to be held by late 2009.
"I am not agreed with statements that Azerbaijani people are less interested in municipal elections than in other elections. Since Azerbaijan gained independence, Azerbaijani voters determined their positions towards elections step-by-step. Azerbaijan maintains voters' activity in significant issues. It pleases that relations between elections and voters reached high level," Mammadov told Trend on Aug.26.
The voters' activity was reflected in the official statistics. The activity in the municipal elections is different in each municipality. In some of the municipalities the voters take an active part in the municipal elections, in its activities and management, Mammadov added.
The Azerbaijani municipal election is scheduled for mid December of 2009. In 1999, the voters' activity in the municipal elections was 52.6 percent and 46.34 percent in 2004.
Regarding the list of voters Mammadov said that this process will be launched 35 days before the Election Day.
The Central Elections Commission registered 4.804 million people in its permanent list of voters.
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