Azerbaijani election authority announces tentative parliamentary election results

Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 2 Trend: Azerbaijan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced the tentative results of the voting at the Azerbaijani parliamentary election held Nov. 1. The CEC Chairman Mazahir Panahov, addressing a press conference Nov. 2, said that all the 5,547 poling stations in Azerbaijan opened at the set time – 08:00, and closed at 19:00 Baku time. According to preliminary data, the voter turnout at the election was 55.7 percent. He said that over 2.89 million voters cast their ballots during the election, which is six percent more than in the previous elections. Panahov said that the election is declared valid at all the polling stations. Results are yet to be announced from some polling stations.