Voters wait for the opening of Polling Station No. 4 of the 15th Section o of the Yasamal First Constituency. Photo by Faik Medzhid for the Caucasian Knot

11 April 2018, 11:54

CEC reports almost million turnout at Azerbaijani election

By 10 a.m., at the presidential election in Azerbaijan, the voter turnout was 18.71%, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has stated. However, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, who visited three polling stations in Baku has fixed a small number of voters.

The APA News Agency has reported, with reference to Farid Orudjev, Director of the Election Information Centre of the CEC's Secretariat, that by 10 p.m., a total of 994,196 voters had cast their ballots.

Polling Station No. 4 of the 15th Section of the Yasamal First Constituency, located in the Baku Medical College No. 2, opened at 8:10 a.m.

By 9 o'clock, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent counted about 90 voters; however, the chair of the commission gave an estimate of 160-170 voters.

At about 9:15 a.m. local time, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent also visited a polling station of the 16th constituency in Gasan bey Zardabi Avenue. During five minutes, only two voters voted there.

A similar situation was observed at Polling Station No. 3 of the 16th Section of the Yasamal Second Constituency in Zakhid Khalilov Street. Only three observers were present there at 10 p.m.

During 10 minutes, only three persons voted there.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Author: Faik Medzhid Source: CK correspondent

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