BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 29. The districts with the highest and lowest voter turnout in Azerbaijan’s municipal elections have been announced, Farid Orujov, Head of the Information Center at the Secretariat of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan, told Trend.
As of 10:00 (GMT+4), the highest voter turnout was recorded in the Babek-Shahbuz-Kengerli constituency No. 3, with 18.04 percent turnout, representing 8,494 voters.
In contrast, the lowest turnout for the same timeframe was reported in the Yasamal II electoral district, with just 2.39 percent of voters casting their ballots, amounting to 1,115 voters.
As of 10:00 (GMT+4), 499,575 voters had participated in Azerbaijan’s municipal elections. The voter turnout stood at 8.38 percent.
To note, voting for the municipal election started at all polling stations in Azerbaijan at 08:00 and will run until 19:00 (GMT+4).
A total of 8,071 municipal representatives will be elected in 685 municipalities among 118 electoral districts. There are 5,846 polling booths for the municipal election. Among these, 5,734 are permanent positions, and 112 are temporary positions. The number of eligible voters is 5,961,987.
Altogether 70,625 observers were accredited by the Central Election Commission and District Election Commissions for the municipal election. Web cameras have already been installed at 1,000 polling stations.
This Azerbaijani municipal election is the first in the country's liberated territories and the sixth overall. The inaugural municipal election in Azerbaijan occurred on December 12, 1999. Consequently, up to 2,660 municipalities (exceeding 21,000 municipal members) were established nationwide. Nineteen members were elected to the largest municipality and five to the smallest municipality.
Municipalities in Azerbaijan are elected for a five-year term. Members of municipalities may be elected by Republic of Azerbaijan citizens who are eligible to vote and permanently reside in the appropriate electoral district.
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