Azerbaijani CEC announces final results of municipal elections

CEC chairman Mazahir Panahov said at the meeting that CEC received 1,718 protocols after the voting and each of the protocols was  investigated.

“The investigation was carried out by the CEC members and officers of the secretariat,” he said.

CEC secretary Natig Mammadov said 32.4 percent of the voters participated in the local elections held on Dec. 23.

Mammadov gave statistical information about the candidates, municipalities and added that the election was in line with the legislation.

"About 31,000 candidates participated in the elections."

“All the shortcomings before and after the voting were eliminated. All measures were taken to declare the results of the elections in time. The protocols were investigated within 20 days. Unfortunately, there were reasons to invalidate results presented by some polling stations. The activity of some polling stations and constituencies was not in line with the law. Some reports need to be investigated by the prosecuting authorities,” he said.

In some polling stations the election was not in line with the law, it was impossible to determine the will of the voters. Therefore, the results of the elections were invalidated in 33 polling stations and 9 municipalities, he noted.

/APA/