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Penitentiary inmates in Azerbaijan casting votes at presidential election (PHOTO)

Society Materials 11 April 2018 13:07 (UTC +04:00)
The voting is underway at the polling station No.37 of the Khazar Electoral District No. 14 in Baku, operating in the penitentiary institution No.2
Penitentiary inmates in Azerbaijan casting votes at presidential election (PHOTO)

Baku, Azerbaijan, April 11

By Samir Ali - Trend:

Azerbaijan is holding presidential election today, on April 11. The voting is underway at the polling station No.37 of the Khazar Electoral District No. 14 in Baku, operating in the penitentiary institution No.2.

As of 11:00 (local time, GMT+4), 650 detainees took part in the election, casting votes.

In total, 1,283 voters are registered in the polling station No. 37.

Azerbaijan is holding presidential election today, on April 11. Eight candidates are registered for participating in the elections.

On the voting day, 5,426 permanent polling stations and 215 temporary polling stations in 125 constituencies are operating in the country.

Web cameras have been installed in 1,000 polling stations in 119 electoral districts. During the day, the voting process can be observed online from the website of the Central Election Commission (CEC).

The election is observed by 894 international observers (61 organizations, 59 countries) and 58,175 local observers.

As of 12:00, 39.39 percent of voters, 2,093,343 persons cast their ballots in Azerbaijan's presidential election, the Election Information Center of Azerbaijan’s CEC said in a message.

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