Snap parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan
The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan has announced the preliminary results of the elections to the Milli Majlis (parliament).
The parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on Feb. 9. Some 1,314 candidates were registered within the early parliamentary elections.
The candidacies of 246 people were nominated by 19 political parties, 1,057 were self-nominated, 11 - by initiative groups. Twenty-one percent accounted for female candidates, while 79 percent – male candidates.
Throughout the day, 5,573 permanent polling stations operated in 125 constituencies of the country. There were 5,329,461 registered voters.
Some 883 international observers and 77,790 local observers monitored the voting process. Among the local observers, 35,152 were representatives of political parties. International observers represented 58 countries and 59 organizations.
Exit polls were conducted by AJF & Associates Inc. (US) jointly with Citizens' Labor Rights Protection League, the Rey Monitoring Center, and the French OpinionWay Research Institute together with the “Human Rights in the XXI Century – Azerbaijan” Foundation.
The AJF & Associates Inc. company from the US, has released exit poll results for the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.
The company’s Vice President George Birnbaum said that it is the company's fifth exit poll in Azerbaijan. Surveys were conducted on 1,053 constituencies with the participation of 2,106 people, he added.
The results were presented to supervisors at 47 fields. The results were presented at 11:00, 14:00 and 17:00 (GMT + 4). The results were immediately sent to New York.
During the process, a total of 76,000 surveys were conducted, with approximately 640-650 surveys at each constituency, said Birnbaum. The margin of error at each constituency was 3.6 – 3.9 percent.
According to preliminary results, the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) won 69 seats in the parliament, the independent candidates – 41 seats, the United Azerbaijan Party – 3 seats, Party for Democratic Reforms – 1 seat, the Great Creation Party – 1 seat, the Popular Front Party of Whole Azerbaijan -1 seat, the Azerbaijan Democratic Party – 1 seat and Civic Solidarity Party – 3 seats.
