Turnout of voters at the Azerbaijani presidential elections held today hit 66.84 percent as of 7:00 pm local time, the post-Soviet republic's Central Electoral Commission says in a statement.
The elections started at 8.00 am local time and will end at 7.00 pm.
10 candidates are running for president. They are incumbent President Ilham Aliyev; Igbal Agazade, the head of the Umid Party; Zakhid Orudzh, an independent candidate and member of parliament; Gudrat Gasanguliyev, the head of the Azerbaijan Popular Front; Khafiz Gajiyev, the head of the Modern Musavat; Araz Alizade, the head of the Social and Democratic Party; Faradzh Guliyev, the head of the National Revival Movement; Jamil Gasanly, a candidate of the National Council of Democratic Forces; Ilyas Ismaylov, the head of the Adalet Party; and Sardar Jalaloglu, the head of the Democratic Party.
