Int’l observers say Azerbaijan sees high voter turnout
By Nigar Orujova
International observers from the European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the OSCE ODIHR, TURKPA, GUAM, CIS Observation Mission, the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS and others, as well as representatives of diplomatic missions accredited in Azerbaijan, observe the voting process at the presidential elections in Azerbaijan.
The observer of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Barbara Miller saidsaid the voter turnout at presidential election is high in Azerbaijan.
Two observers of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Barbara Miller and Dmitry Serov monitor the election at the 30th electoral district of the third Yasamal electoral constituency No 17.
Head of the PACE observation delegation Robert Walter , in turn, said that no problems have yet been observed during the presidential election voting in Azerbaijan.
The observers have observed the opening of the station and voters' participation in election.
The presidential election voting started in Azerbaijan on October 9. The country's polling stations opened at 8:00 and will close at 7:00 local time.
Elections are held with active participation of the voters, in peaceful atmosphere. Totally, 52,000 people will observe the election in Azerbaijan, nearly 1,400 of which are international observers
In connection with the elections, the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan established 5,273 permanent and 219 temporary polling stations.
The commission has registered 5,145,000 voters.
Web cameras have been installed in 1,000 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.
Also, the presidential election will be covered by over 70
representatives from over 20 international media outlets.
Ten candidates are taking part in the elections including the Chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party, Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, the chairman of Umid Party Igbal Aghazadeh, self-nominated candidate MP Zahid Oruj, the chairman of the United Azerbaijan Popular Front Party MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev, the chairman of the Modern Musavat Party Hafiz Hajiyev, the chairman of the Azerbaijan Social Democratic Party 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 Sardar Jalaloglu.