BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 1. We have made a certain impression about the parliamentary election in Azerbaijan, having visited more than seven polling stations, and we find that it is organized at a very high level, the Representative of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly (IPA), representing the Parliament of Belarus Vladimir Borovenko, who observed the election process in Azerbaijan for the first time, told Trend.
“The CEC has done a very great job in preparation for the election. The requirements set by the election code of Azerbaijan are being fulfilled at all polling stations we visited. We have no comments and complaints on the conduct of election or on the voting process during the visit to polling stations,” Borovenko said.
According to him, the polling stations were opened on time, ballot boxes were printed on time, and voter registration and other processes were in line with norms.
“We are satisfied with the way the work with observers - local and foreign - is organized. Observers from political parties are present. Therefore, we have no questions about it,” Borovenko said.
He expressed his wish that the election would be calm and successful.
“The wish is for the best representatives of the Azerbaijani people to become deputies of the new Azerbaijani Parliament," the representative of the Belarusian parliament emphasized.
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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