BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 1. A total of 62 polling stations are located in Agsu constituency No. 90, and today 51,967 eligible voters will make their choice in the parliamentary election, which is an important event in the life of the country, the chairperson of the District Election Commission Azad Dursunaliyev said, Trend reports via the "Election 2024" independent media center.
He noted that at all polling stations, the necessary conditions have been created to conduct voting following the instructions so that everyone could freely, democratically express their opinion and vote for the desired candidate. Mobile ballot boxes have been allocated for voters unable to come to the polling station. 358 people will use the right to vote for the first time.
The voters have been coming to the polling stations since 8:00, actively participating in the voting process. Everywhere, including at polling station No. 1 in Agsu town, there is great activity.
In his interview, Namig Safarov, a 58-year-old resident of Agsu town, expressed his agreement with the conditions created for free and transparent voting at the polling station, noting that a fully democratic electoral system has been created in the country.
The voting process at all polling stations is monitored by local and foreign observers; web cameras are installed at nine polling stations.
On June 28, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree dissolving the sixth convocation of the Azerbaijani Parliament and scheduling the extraordinary election for September 1.
Azerbaijan has 6,421,960 registered voters, including 374 who turned 18 on the election day. There are 6,478 polling stations, comprising 6,343 permanent and 135 temporary locations.
In the territories liberated from occupation, 54 permanent polling stations are set up. There are 10 electoral districts for internally displaced persons (IDPs), with 574 IDP polling stations serving 397,862 voters. More than 42,000 voters will cast their ballots in the liberated areas.
A total of 51,141 voters will participate for the first time in the extraordinary parliamentary election. The oldest female voter is 134 years old, and the oldest voter is 109 years old.
Exit polls will be conducted at approximately 2,500 polling stations. Three international organizations are registered to carry out these polls: the Citizens' Labor Rights Protection League, together with Oracle Advisory Group (US), and the "Tereggi" Public Association for Social Research, in collaboration with the Italian SWG S.p.A. research company.
A total of 112,749 local observers have been registered, including over 65,000 representatives of political parties. There are 598 international observers from 51 organizations and 69 countries, including 227 from OSCE/ODIHR and 61 from OSCE PA.
Among the 990 registered candidates, 305 represent 25 political parties, while 371 are party members but were not nominated by their parties. In total, 676 candidates are affiliated with political parties.
Webcams have been installed at 1,000 polling stations nationwide to allow direct and continuous observation of the voting process without requiring registration.
Portable ballot boxes will be used across all polling stations for the parliamentary election on September 1.
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