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Thu, 12/24/2009 - 06:03
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AZERI CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER BRIEFS JOURNALISTS ON EARLY VOTING RESULTS

Baku, December 23 (AzerTAc). Chief of the Central Election Commission Mazahir Panahov gave a press conference Wednesday at the “Sechkiler” Information Center to announce early results of the municipal election.
Panahov said the voting started at 8.00 a.m. and completed at 7 p.m.
He noted 31, 86 percent or 1, 462 074 of the voters cast ballots in the election throughout the country. The ballot count is underway, he added.
Panahov underlined anyone can find information about results of voting from one third of all polling stations.
He noted the names of candidates elected to 439 municipalities are known.
The CEC chairman pointed out all data will be made public Thursday morning.
Panahov said about 50 thousand local and international observers monitored the voting process. The international observers watched the process in more than 100 polling stations, he added.
According to him, the CEC received no official complaint or information which can seriously affect the voting results.

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