Voting has started in Azerbaijan – 2024-09-08 12:03:12 – 2024-09-08 12:03:13

Voting for the extraordinary elections to the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan has started.

Publika.az informs that the elections are held in 6 thousand 478 polling stations formed in the territory of 125 constituencies across the country.

54 of them were formed in territories freed from occupation. Polling stations opened at 8:00. Voting will continue until 19:00.

990 candidates are competing for 125 deputy mandates in the parliamentary elections. The total number of voters in Azerbaijan is 6 million 421 thousand 960 people.

It should be noted that at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) held on June 20, a unanimous decision was made to recommend the deputies representing the Milli Majlis to take the initiative to appeal to the President of Azerbaijan on the dissolution of the sixth convocation of the Milli Majlis and the appointment of early elections.

At the plenary session of the Parliament held on June 21, the Milli Majlis appealed to the President for the appointment of early elections. 105 people voted in favor of the petition and 1 person voted against it.

At the meeting of the Plenum of the Constitutional Court on June 27, a decision was made that the dissolution of the Milli Majlis and the appointment of early elections are in accordance with the Constitution.

On June 28, the last plenary session of the extraordinary session of the Milli Majlis was held. After the session was declared closed, the 6th convocation Milli Majlis concluded its work.