Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov.20 / Trend M.Aliev /
The ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) said the first election campaign ended successfully.
"The NAP ended the first election campaign successfully," NAP Deputy Chairman Ali Ahmadov was quoted as saying today on the party's official Web site. "The Central Election Commission will make public information and results about municipal candidate registration. I want to note that the NAP nominated 15,637 candidates for the municipal elections. All have been registered and the NAP will probably be the only political organization participating in elections as a party."
Municipal elections will be held Dec. 23.
"We are sure party candidates will be elected to represent the NAP in municipalities, conducting a successful agitation campaign," he said. "After the 2004 municipal election results, the NAP had 60 percent of the municipality seats. As some municipal independents later joined our party, the number rose to 64 percent."
Ahmadov believes the NAP can repeat its previous successes in the upcoming elections.
"We believe our representation will not fall below current levels," the MP said. "There is firm ground for our reasoning. President Ilham Aliyev's social and economic development policy paves the way for the NAP's victory in these elections. On the other hand, the NAP's large resources, public support, authority in the political arena and the fact that our candidates are worthy citizens, will all contribute to our landslide victory in thee 2009 elections."
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