Azerbaijan discloses number of polling stations set countrywide for upcoming presidential election

  12 January 2024    Read: 925
  Azerbaijan discloses number of polling stations set countrywide for upcoming presidential election

Azerbaijan has established 6,319 polling stations in 125 electoral districts for the upcoming presidential election, said the Secretary of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Mikayil Rahimli during his speech at the round table meeting on "Ensuring the electoral right of citizens", AzVision.az reports. 

He noted that a total of 26 polling stations are located in the territories of Azerbaijan liberated from Armenian occupation.

On December 7, 2023, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on holding a snap presidential election in the country on February 7, 2024.

The Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan (CEC) on Dec. 19 approved the candidacy of Ilham Aliyev, nominated by the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP), for participation in the extraordinary presidential election.

Azerbaijan has seven registered presidential candidates.

 

AzVision.az


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