Ilham Aliyev wins presidential elections in Azerbaijan : exit polls
By Gulgiz Dadashova
NGO Cooperation Alliance publicized the results of the
"exit-poll", which was held among population taking part in the
presidential election held in Azerbaijan on October 9.
According to the results, incumbent President Ilham Aliyev won the
elections with 83.89 percent of votes.
Results of the exit polls conducted by the Rey Monitoring Centre and ELS Independent Research Center also show that President Aliyev won the presidential election.
The citizens' voting process was completed at 19:00 local time.
As of 17:00 p.m. (two hours before the end of the election), some 3.439.629 million people (66.84 percent of total eligible voters) voted at the presidential election, the Information Center under the Azerbaijani Central Election Commission said today.
This year ten candidates will compete for the top job, including chairman of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, incumbent President Ilham Aliyev, Umid Party leader Igbal Aghazade, self-nominated candidate Zahid Oruj, chairman of the United Popular Front Party Gudrat Hasanguliyev, Modern Musavat party leader Hafiz Hajiyev, Azerbaijan Social Democratic Party chairman Araz Alizade, National Revival Party leader Faraj Guliyev, chairman of the Adalat (Justice) party Ilyas Ismayilov, Jamil Hasanli from the opposition National Council as well as chairman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party Sardar Jalaloghlu.
The number of eligible voters in the country is nearly 5,145,000. The voting is conducted in 5,492 polling stations. Thirty-eight polling stations were set up abroad.