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By Aynur Jafarova

The candidates cast their votes in the presidential elections in Azerbaijan which is being held on October 9.

Candidate of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva and daughters Leyla Aliyeva and Arzu Aliyeva cast their votes at the polling station No 6 of Sabail constituency No 29.

Presidential candidate from the Modern Musavat Party Hafiz Hajiyev cast his vote at the polling station No 8 of the first Binagadi constituency No 31.

"I voted for the future of Azerbaijan," Hajiyev said.

Another candidate from the National Revival Party Faraj Guliyev cast his vote at the polling station No 25 of the Nasimi-Sabail constituency No 23.

After voting, he told the journalists that up to now no violations were observed in the presidential elections.

Furthermore, the candidate from the Azerbaijan Social Democratic Party Araz Alizade, Jamil Hasanli from the opposition National Council, self-nominated candidate Zahid Oruj, Umid Party leader Igbal Aghazade as well as chairman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party Sardar Jalaloghlu cast their votes.

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.

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.