BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 29. Voter participation has been observed since the morning at the polling station No.19 in the Yasamal II electoral district No.16, chairperson of the polling station Aybeniz Gurbanova, told Trend.
Gurbanova noted that by midday, 85 voters had already made their mark.
"There are 1,349 registered voters at this station, and 85 have already exercised their right to vote. All conditions for voting are provided here. No issues or violations have been detected so far," the chairperson said.
Meanwhile, as of 12:00, more than 1 million (1,020,231) voters exercised their right to vote in the municipal election in Azerbaijan.
Note that a municipal election is taking place in Azerbaijan today. Polling stations opened at 08:00 and will last until 19:00.
A total of 8,071 members will be elected in the municipal election in 685 municipalities across 118 constituencies. The names of 16,092 candidates are on the ballot papers. The names of 5.9 million eligible voters are included in the list. A whopping 70,625 observers have been accredited by the CEC and district election commissions for the municipal elections. Web cameras have 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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