BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 23. Sahiba Gafarova has been re-elected as the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament, Trend reports.
The decision was made during today's parliamentary session.
Newly elected MPs from the "New Azerbaijan" Party nominated Gafarova for the position. She previously served as the Speaker in the 6th convocation of the Azerbaijani Parliament.
The snap parliamentary election was held in Azerbaijan on September 1.
A total of 112,749 local observers were registered to monitor the election. More than 65,000 of them were representatives of political parties. The number of registered international observers was 598 people, representing 51 organizations in 69 countries.
Out of 990 registered candidates in the parliamentary election, 305 are representatives of 25 political parties. Although 371 candidates are members of political parties, they were not nominated by the parties to which they belong. In total, 676 candidates have political party affiliation.
On September 21, the Constitutional Court approved the election results.