Voter activity observed in Nakhchivan since morning hours, head of polling station says

Voter activity has been observed in Azerbaijan’s municipal elections at polling station No. 10 of Nakhchivan City Constituency No. 4 since morning hours, Parvin Guliyev, Chairman of the precinct, told Report.

According to Guliyev, voting continues with active voter participation: "872 voters are registered at the precinct. Six of them will vote for the first time. A total of 32 candidates are competing for 17 seats in the district."

The voting will run until 19:00 (GMT+4).

The elections are being held at 5,846 polling stations covering 118 electoral districts. In total, 16,092 candidates are competing for 8,071 seats in 685 municipalities.

According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), 5,961,987 voters are eligible to participate in the elections.

January 29 has been declared a non-working day in Azerbaijan due to the elections.