BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 8. The extraordinary presidential election has become a great democratic holiday for Azerbaijan, Deputy Secretary General of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (PUIC), head of the delegation Ali Asghar Sijani said, Trend reports.
He made the remark at a briefing on the results of monitoring the extraordinary presidential election in Azerbaijan.
“We conducted observations at many polling stations, and clearly witnessed that the election was held very actively, democratically, transparently, and in compliance with all procedures,” he emphasized.
Voting in the presidential election in Azerbaijan took place on February 7.
Candidates for the presidency in the election included incumbent President Ilham Aliyev (New Azerbaijan Party), independent contenders Zahid Oruj and Fuad Aliyev, Razi Nurullayev (National Front Party), Fazil Mustafa (Great Order Party), Elshad Musayev (Great Azerbaijan Party), and Gudrat Hasanguliyev (Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party).
According to the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev is leading in the presidential election in Azerbaijan with 92.05 percent of the votes after the processing of 93.35 percent of the ballots.
Zahid Oruj received 2.19 percent of the votes, Razi Nurullayev - 0.8 percent, Fazil Mustafa - two percent, Elshad Musayev - 0.67 percent, Gudrat Hasanguliyev - 1.76 percent, Fuad Aliyev - 0.53 percent of the votes.
The US-based Oracle Advisory Group and the Citizens' Labor Rights Protection League have jointly released the results of an exit poll conducted during the presidential election in Azerbaijan.
According to the organization, 93.9 percent of voters cast their ballots for Ilham Aliyev.
The Social Research Center said that 92.4 percent of voters voted for Ilham Aliyev.
Based on the results of the exit poll of the Ray Monitoring Center, 92.6 percent of voters voted for Ilham Aliyev.
For the first time in the history of independent Azerbaijan, the election covered the entire territory of the country, including 26 polling stations in the lands liberated from Armenian occupation.
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