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Azerbaijan's central election commission receives few complaints on municipal elections

Politics Materials 8 January 2010 20:27 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission (CEC) received few complaints in connection with the municipal elections in the country, the CEC Chairman Mazahir Panahov briefed the media on Jan. 8.
Azerbaijan's central election commission receives few complaints on municipal elections

Azerbaijan, Baku, January 8 / Trend , M.Aliyev /

Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission (CEC) received few complaints in connection with the municipal elections in the country, the CEC Chairman Mazahir Panahov briefed the media on Jan. 8.

Municipal elections in Azerbaijan were held on December 23.

"Of more than 4,800 polling stations in the country, the CEC has received complaints only from about 200," Panahov said. This testifies the transparency of elections, said the CEC head.

The country had about 4.6 million registered voters. About 15,682 members were planned to be elected to 1,718 municipalities. Municipal elections were held twice in 1999 and 2004.

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