Parliamentary Speaker casts vote at presidential election
Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament Oqtay Asadov with family members cast his vote at the Azerbaijani presidential elections, at the 22nd polling station of the Nasimi-Sabail constituency.
The presidential election voting started in Azerbaijan on
Wednesday. Country's polling stations opened at 8:00 am and will
close at 7:00 pm (local time).
Ten candidates will take 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.
Totally, 52,000 people will observe the election in Azerbaijan,
nearly 1,400 of which are international observers.