BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 1. The extraordinary election to the Azerbaijani Parliament has been organized in the northern region in seven constituencies covering six districts, Trend reports.
According to the information, a total of 429 polling stations are being held in the districts covering Guba, Gusar, Khachmaz, Shabran, Siyazan, and Khizi districts. Voters choose from 53 registered candidates in seven constituencies.
A total of 345,248 eligible voters are registered in the northern region.
The oldest voter in the region is 104-year-old Meynas Maksudova, who lives in Agbash village of Shabran district.
The chairperson of the Electoral District Commission of Siyazan-Guba-Khizi constituency No. 55, Rashad Nuriev, stated that the election started at all polling stations at the prescribed time and following the rules.
“Since the first minutes of voting, there has been voter activity. There are 72 polling stations in our district. More than 49,000 voters have the right to cast their ballots at these polling stations. The process is monitored by 953 observers at 72 polling stations. Since the beginning of voting, communication with all the polling stations has been established. Everything is going well,” Rashad Nuriyev said.
In the northern region, voter activity is observed in Siyazan-Guba-Khizi constituency No. 55, Shabran-Khachmaz constituency No. 56, Khachmaz city constituency No. 57, Khachmaz rural constituency No. 58, Guba constituency No. 59, Guba-Gusar constituency No. 60, and Gusar constituency No. 61.
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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