2024-02-09 09:27:38
All necessary conditions were created for the mission of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to conduct monitoring of the presidential elections in Azerbaijan.
As Day.Az reported on Thursday with reference to Trend, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Zhang Ming said this during a press conference in Baku.
“All the necessary conditions for monitoring were created for the mission, which indicates the openness and transparency of the elections in Azerbaijan,” he emphasized.
Zhang Ming mentioned that these elections are of utmost importance for the future of Azerbaijan.
“The SCO conducted an observation mission from February 4 to 8 at the invitation of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. It was a great honor for me to take part in these historic elections in Azerbaijan. Our delegation included 20 observer-deputies from the SCO countries. The invitation of foreign observers means that Azerbaijan is holding transparent elections,” he added.
It should be noted that early presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on February 7.
7 candidates competed for the presidency.
According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), Ilham Aliyev is leading the presidential elections in Azerbaijan with 92.05% of the votes after processing 93.35% of the ballots.
Zahid Oruj received 2.19% of the votes, Razi Nurullayev – 0.8%, Fazil Mustafa – 2%, Elshad Musaev – 0.67%, Gudrat Hasanguliyev – 1.76%, Fuad Aliyev – 0.53% of the votes.
According to the results of the exit poll conducted by the American organization “Oracle Advisory Group” together with the League for the Protection of Labor Rights of Citizens, 93.9 percent of voters voted for Ilham Aliyev.
According to the Center for Sociological Research LLC, 92.4% of voters voted for Ilham Aliyev.
According to the exit poll results of the Monitoring Center “Rəy”, 92.6 percent of voters voted for Ilham Aliyev.
For the first time in the history of independent Azerbaijan, elections covered the entire territory of the country, including lands liberated from occupation. 26 polling stations were created in the territories liberated from occupation.
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