BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 29. The highest voter turnout in the municipal elections throughout Azerbaijan as of 15:00 (GMT+4) has been recorded in Beylagan constituency No. 83, and the lowest—in Yasamal second constituency No. 16, Head of the Information Center at the Secretariat of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan Farid Orujov said, Trend reports.
He clarified that in Beylagan, this figure stood at 31.51 percent (17,916 individuals), while in Yasamal, it was 17.34 percent (8,383 individuals).
To note, 1,473,500 voters (24.71 percent) had participated in the country's municipal elections as of 15:00.
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 the country's citizens who are eligible to vote and permanently reside in the appropriate electoral district.
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