BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 8. On the evening of February 7, Baku residents of gathered in the park of the Heydar Aliyev Center and celebrated the victory of Ilham Aliyev in the snap presidential elections, Trend reports.
Among them were a number of celebrities, intellectuals, artists and singers. The ceremony continued until night.
Voting for the presidential election in Azerbaijan has finished. Ilham Aliyev is leading with 92.1 percent of votes after processing 54.47 percent of ballots.
According to the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Mazahir Panahov, Zahid Oruj gained 2.2 percent of votes, Razi Nurullayev 0.79 percent, Fazil Mustafa 1.99 percent, Elshad Musayev 0.66 percent, Gudrat Hasanguliyev 1.78 percent, and Fuad Aliyev 0.48 percent.
With a total of 6,478,623 people on the voter list, voting took place at 6,537 polling sites across the country. Over 90,000 observers have enrolled to oversee the election.
For the first time in the history of independent Azerbaijan, the election covered the entire territory of the country, including 26 polling stations in the lands liberated from Armenian occupation.
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