BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 1. A total of 63,000 voters have taken part in the exit-poll conducted by Oracle Advisory Group as part of the parliamentary election in Azerbaijan, the group's representative Vlada Galan said, Trend reports.
"This 2024 parliamentary election marks the 7th election, which includes one constitutional referendum that we have worked on as a team here in Azerbaijan. Our team has been working in Azerbaijan since 2013. For this specific election, our team has been on the ground here in Azerbaijan for a few weeks preparing for a national exit poll.
We have conducted the 2024 Azerbaijani parliamentary election exit poll with 63,000 interviews conducted across the country. We covered 875 polling stations across 119 constituencies nationwide," she added.
Voting in the parliamentary election in Azerbaijan has concluded at 19:00 (GMT +4).
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 were set up. There were 10 electoral districts for internally displaced persons (IDPs), with 574 IDP polling stations serving 397,862 voters.
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.
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