High voter turnout observed in southern districts of Azerbaijan

High voter turnout is observed in the southern districts of Azerbaijan.

According to Report, since the early hours, voting continues with active voter participation.

The voting process started at the scheduled time in 511 polling stations under the district election commissions covering the southern region: 73rd Masalli-Jalilabad, 74th Masalli, 75th Yardimli-Masalli, 76th Lankaran-Masalli, 77th Lankaran city, 78th Lankaran village, 79th Astara, and 80th Lerik-Astara.

A total of 339,446 voters are registered in these districts. The oldest voter among them is 112-year-old Gulbayim Rahmanova, a resident of the Yardimli district. She will be able to exercise her right to vote at polling station No. 51 in Bozayran municipality. Nearly 1,000 voters in the region will vote for the first time. 6,030 observers have registered to monitor the voting process there. Web cameras have been installed at 65 polling stations.

In the southern region, 1,537 candidates are competing for 671 seats across 55 municipalities.

Voting will last until 07:00 pm (GMT+4).

The elections are being held in 5,846 polling stations covering 118 electoral districts across the country. As many as 16,092 candidates are competing for 8,071 seats in 685 municipalities.

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