Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 13 / Trend H.Bagirov / M.Aliyev /
34, 514 candidates have already been approved for municipalities in Azerbaijan, the press service of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan told Trend .
Municipal elections in Azerbaijan will be held on December 23. During these elections, 15 682 members will be elected for 1,718 municipalities. Formerly elections were held twice - in 1999 and 2004.
Of those whose candidatures were approved, 33, 959 people received the signature lists in the constituencies. Of them, 30,564 candidates have collected the necessary signatures and submitted these lists and other necessary documents to the relevant constituencies. 27,177 candidates have already been registered in 1,718 municipalities. Of this number, 5,716 are women. 13, 998 approved candidates for municipal elections have higher education.
Of the candidates, 8,290 people are independent, others represent 29 political parties. 23 political parties officially joined the election. The constituencies have registered candidates from 20 parties.
The CEC placed wide information about candidates and their registration on its websites: www.msk.gov.az; www.cec.gov.az; www.infocenter.gov.az
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