BAKU: The presidential election in Azerbaijan was held in a civilized, transparent, and fair manner, Akkan Suver, chairman of the Marmara Group Strategic and Social Research Foundation, said during the briefing on the results of monitoring the extraordinary presidential election in Azerbaijan, Trend reports.

“We visited 42 polling stations in the previous day’s presidential election. I have experience as an observer abroad, especially in European countries. The election in Azerbaijan was civilized, transparent, and fair. Most of the citizens, patiently observing the queue, exercised their right to vote. Another pleasant nuance that we observed during the election was the fact that citizens were welcomed at polling stations with a smile.

The voting that took place yesterday is an important event not only for Azerbaijan but also for the region and the entire Turkic world,” Suver added.

Voting for the presidential election in Azerbaijan has finished.

Ilham Aliyev is leading in the presidential election in Az
erbaijan with 92.05% of the votes after the processing of 93.35% of the ballots.

Zahid Oruj received 2.19% of the votes, Razi Nurullayev – 0.8%, Fazil Mustafa – 2%, Elshad Musaev – 0.67%, Gudrat Hasanguliyev – 1.76%, Fuad Aliyev – 0.53% of the votes.

With a total of 6,478,623 people on the voter list, voting took place at 6,537 polling sites across the country. Over 90,000 observers have enrolled to oversee the election.

The election took place across the entire territory of Azerbaijan, including territories recently liberated from Armenian occupation.

Source: Trend News Agency