Voter turnout had been 32,44% till 15.00 in the Municipal Elections in Azerbaijan.

AzerTac stated that Mr.Rufat Gulmammadov, head of Information Centre of the CEC Secretariat had informed that one million 563 thousand 357 of 4 million 819 thousand 382 voters had voted so far.

The highest voter turnout on the republic was registered in Guba-Gusar Con.EC # 53 with 44,64% and the lowest voter turnout in Nasimi first Con.EC # 21 with 22,64%.

Mr.Gulmammadov emphasized that CEC "Hotline”, "Facebook” page and e-mail had received more than 80 appeals. The appeals aimed at getting additional information on the voting process. All the appeals were replied to in an operative manner by the officials. Not any complaint was registered.

It is worth noting that the Municipal Elections on 5015 municipalities will end at 19.00.

Let’s note that 37,077 candidates for 15,035 municipality memberships on 1607 municipalities participated in the elections. 13,907 of the candidates have been nominated by 8 political parties, 23,061 on their own initiatives and 109 by initiative groups. 18,284 of the candidates joining elections are independent. Totally, there are representatives of 30 political parties among candidates. In general, 4 million 819 thousand 382 voters will vote in 5015 polling stations. Webcams have been installed in 1000 polling stations on 118 election constituencies in the country, which constituted 20% of the polling stations.

More than 50 thousand observers monitor these elections. Above 26 thousand of them are representatives of political parties.

AzerTAc