Panahov noted that 350 candidates were nominated by 18 political parties, 11 people were nominated by initiative groups and 1,447 people were self-nominees, AzVision.az reports citing Trend.
The chairman added that 1,348 candidacies have already been approved, and 1,142 of them have taken the signature lists; 159 people returned the lists and 27 of them have been registered, while 74 people called off their candidacies.
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