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US Arthur J.Finkelstein and Associates: Ilham Aliyev wins Azerbaijani presidential election with 82.7 percent (PHOTO)

Politics Materials 9 October 2013 20:18 (UTC +04:00)
AJF and Associates Inc. released results of an exit poll, conducted among voters in the presidential election in Azerbaijan.
US Arthur J.Finkelstein and Associates: Ilham Aliyev wins Azerbaijani presidential election with 82.7 percent (PHOTO)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 9 /Trend, I.Izzet/

AJF and Associates Inc. released results of an exit poll, conducted among voters in the presidential election in Azerbaijan.

According to the results, current President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, candidate of the ruling New Azerbaijan party wins with 82.7 percent of votes.

According to the company's partner George Birnbaum, who announced the results of the survey, 8.8 percent of the respondents said that they have voted for the candidacy of the National Council's representative Jamil Hasanli, 1.6 percent for the chairman of Umid Party Igbal Aghazadeh, 0.9 percent for the self-nominated candidate MP Zahid Oruj, 1.7 percent for the chairman of the United Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (UAPFP) MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev, 0.7 percent for the chairman of the Modern Musavat Party Hafiz Hajiyev, 1.2 percent for the chairman of the Azerbaijan Social Democratic Party (ASDP) Araz Alizadeh, 0.9 percent for the chairman of the National Revival Movement Party, MP Faraj Guliyev, 0.9 percent for the chairman of the Adalat Party, MP Ilyas Ismayilov and 0.6 percent for the chairman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) Sardar Jalaloglu.

The survey was held among 60,336 voters.

The presidential election voting in Azerbaijan which was held on Wednesday was completed. Country's polling stations opened at 8:00 am and were closed at 7:00 pm (local time).

Ten candidates took part in the elections including the Chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the chairman of Umid Party Igbal Aghazadeh, self-nominated candidate MP Zahid Oruj, the chairman of the United Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (UAPFP) MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev, the chairman of the Modern Musavat Party Hafiz Hajiyev, the chairman of the Azerbaijan Social Democratic Party (ASDP) Araz Alizadeh, the chairman of the National Revival Movement Party, MP Faraj Guliyev, the candidate nominated by the initiative group of voters of the 'National Council of Democratic Forces', Jamil Hasanli, the chairman of the Adalat Party, MP Ilyas Ismayilov and the chairman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) Sardar Jalaloglu.
The Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan has registered 5,145,643 voters.

In connection with the presidential elections, the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan established 5,273 permanent and 219 temporary polling stations.

Web cameras have been installed in 1000 polling stations in 119 constituencies of Azerbaijan. Unlike in previous years, this time the voting process can be monitored via mobile devices such as smartphones.

Totally, 52,000 people are observing the election in Azerbaijan, nearly 1,400 of which are international observers.

Also, the presidential election is being covered by over 70 representatives from over 20 international media outlets.

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