CEC announces preliminary results of parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan

Mazahir Panahov, Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan, held a press conference to announce the preliminary results of the snap parliamentary elections, Azernews reports.

Panahov stated that a total of 5,895 protocols regarding the election process had been submitted to the CEC. He further noted that 2,196,711 citizens cast their votes in the parliamentary elections, reflecting significant voter participation in the electoral process.

The polls, which opened at 8:00 AM on September 1, were part of an election scheduled after President Ilham Aliyev dissolved the sixth convocation of the Azerbaijani Parliament on June 28, setting the stage for the mentioned date.

With 6,421,960 registered voters, including 374 who turned 18 on election day, Azerbaijan had 6,478 polling stations, of which 54 were established in territories liberated from occupation. Additionally, 574 polling stations served 397,862 internally displaced persons (IDPs), allowing over 42,000 voters in liberated areas to cast their ballots.

Exit polls were conducted at approximately 2,500 polling stations by three international organizations, including the Citizens’ Labor Rights Protection League and Oracle Advisory Group (US). A total of 112,749 local observers, along with 598 international observers from 51 organizations and 69 countries, monitored the election. Among the 990 registered candidates, 676 were affiliated with political parties.

Webcams were installed at 1,000 polling stations nationwide to ensure transparent observation of the voting process, while portable ballot boxes were utilized across all polling stations.

Portable ballot boxes were used across all polling stations for the parliamentary election on September 1.