BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 8. Transparency of the extraordinary presidential election in Azerbaijan has been ensured by 100 percent, the deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Alexey Zhuravlev said during the press conference in Baku, Trend reports.
"The elections held were transparent. All the rules were observed one hundred percent, and only a biased person can say that it was not so," he said.
The extraordinary presidential election in Azerbaijan took place on February 7.
Seven candidates ran in the election.
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.
According to the results of the US-based Oracle Advisory Group and the Citizens' Labor Rights Protection League, 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 Rey Monitoring Center exit poll, 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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