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Rerun, additional and new municipal elections finished in Azerbaijan

30 November 2011 16:00 (UTC +04:00)

According to APA, the polling stations were opened at 08.00 and closed at 19.00 on Wednesday. The voting took place in 1169 polling stations.

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.