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78.3% respondents intending to vote for Ilham Aliyev during elections in Azerbaijan

03 September 2008 [12:20] - TODAY.AZ
Most voters, 78.3%, intend to vote for the working president of the country Ilham Aliyev at the upcoming presidential elections on October 15, says a report of the Independent center of researches ELS, holding a poll of voters, according to RIA Novosti.
As is reported, the percentage of those, voting for other candidates for the president ranges between 0.5%-0.1% of all voters.

It is also said that 88.9% respondents declared intention to take part in voting. Another 5% of respondents announced that they will not take part in the elections and 6,1% have not yet clarified their attitude to this question.

70.9% of respondents answered positively to the question of whether elections will be fair, 20% negatively and 9.1% found it hard to say.

Asked about their expectations regarding decisions of the head of state in period of elections, 68.2% respondents spoke for adoption of decisions, aimed at the resolution of the Karabakh conflict, 59.1% for reducing prices and curbing inflation, 52.2% for raising wages, 48.7% for opening new job opportunities, 38.2% for strengthening control over the execution of laws, 32% for combat with corruption, 32.1% for due evaluation of human labor and care of people.

91.7% respondents consider the situation in Azerbaijan stable, 5.9% unstable, 2.4% found it hard to say.

The poll was held through representative selection and it involved 6,000 voters.

/Novosti-Azerbaijan/
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