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Central Election Commission spreads preliminary information about rerun, additional and new municipal elections

30 November 2011 07:49 (UTC +04:00)

Information about the voting will be updated at 12.00, 15.00, 17.00 and 19.00.

The candidates are running for 464 places in 330 municipalities during the voting in 86 constituencies. In general, 1567 candidates were registered. 16 people withdrew their nomination, 2 people died. Consequently, the number of the registered candidates decreased to 1549.

Candidates from nine political parties were registered. These are New Azerbaijan Party, Motherland Party, Citizen Solidarity Party, Party of Hope, Azerbaijan Social Welfare Party, United Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, Great Establishment Party, Citizensâ€™ Unity Party and Democratic Reforms Party. 709 are non-party men.

305 (19.69%) of the registered candidates are women. 673 (43.45%) have higher education, 605 (39.06%) secondary education, 265 (17.11%) vocational education, 6 (0.38%) incomplete higher education.

1 155 864 voters were recorded.

9883 observers were registered in the electoral districts, 40 â€“ in the Central Election Commission. The total number of registered observers is 9923.

The preliminary results of the elections will be made public at night.

Last municipal elections were held in Azerbaijan on December 23, 2009.