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By Aynur Jafarova

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev participated in voting at presidential elections, which is being held on October 9.

The president, his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva and daughters Leyla Aliyeva and Arzu Aliyeva arrived at the polling station No 6 of Sabail constituency No 29 since early hours.

Ilham Aliyev and his family members cast their votes there.

The moment was watched by representatives of local and foreign media, as well as TV channels.

Polling stations opened throughout Azerbaijan at 8 a.m., as the country`s citizens start casting ballots for one of the ten presidential candidates.

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.