Azerbaijan's election constituencies registered 256 candidates for the local elections in Azerbaijan.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) said 180 of them took signature sheets.
A total of 75 of those who took signature sheets are persons with higher education, 96 persons with secondary education, the others with incomplete higher and incomplete secondary education.
A total of 163 of those who took signature sheets put forward their candidacies independently, 15 were nominated by ruling New Azerbaijan Party and 2 by Umid Party and 1 by Musavat.
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