Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 7 /Trend, T.Hajiyev /
Parliamentary election is a successful step towards the development of democracy in Azerbaijan, the deputy chairman of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) Ali Ahmedov said to a press conference on Sunday.
"The elections were successfully concluded. All necessary conditions were created for all political parties and citizens who participated in the elections," he said.
Azerbaijan has today launched the parliamentary elections at 08:00 local time.
The Azerbaijani CEC reported that 690 candidates are running for the parliamentary elections.
Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan are held by the majority system in 125 constituencies. Previous parliamentary elections were held in November 2005.