As of 15:00, 67.74% of voters, 3,227,817 persons cast their ballots in Azerbaijan's presidential election, according to the Election Information Center of the republic’s Central Election Commission (CEC).
The correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza reported that as of 14:00 (MSK), more than 800 people voted at the polling station at the embassy of Azerbaijan in Moscow, that is, about 60%.
Eight candidates were registered at the presidential election. Six candidates of them were nominated from political parties - Ilham Aliyev from the New Azerbaijan Party, Gudrat Hasanguliyev from the Whole Azerbaijani Popular Front Party, Araz Alizade from the Social Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, Faraj Guliyev from the National Revival Movement Party, Razi Nurullayev from the Frontists Initiative Group, Hafiz Hajiyev from the Modern Musavat Party, one was a self-nominee - Zahid Oruj - and one candidate was nominated from the Initiative Group - Sardar Mammadov from the Azerbaijan Democratic Party.
