Municipal elections held in Azerbaijan

As of 19:00 local time, the number of those who voted at repeated, additional and new municipal elections in Azerbaijan amounted to to 271,108, or 23.46 per cent of the total number of voters, said Rovzat Gasymov, the head of the Central Electoral Commission's International Relations Department, Trend reports.

Over 1,550 candidates for 464 vacant seats were registered in 330 municipalities, i.e. about four persons per seat.
Candidates from nine political parties - the Yeni Azerbaijan Party, Ana Veten Party, Social Prosperity Party, Civil Solidarity Party, Popular Front of Integrated Azerbaijan, Great Creation Parties, Democratic Reforms Party, and Civil Unity Party - ran for the elections.

709 independent candidates also ran for the elections.