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Azerbaijan kicks off parliamentary elections

Xinhua, November 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Azerbaijan kicks off its 5th parliamentary elections early Sunday to pick the 125 deputies for Azerbaijan's National Assembly, or the parliament.

A total of 5,415 permanent and 132 temporary polling stations in the 125 constituencies across the country were opened at 8:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) and will be closed by 19:00 pm (1500 GMT).

According to the Azerbaijani Central Election Commission, around 5.2 million eligible Azerbaijani citizens will come to polling stations to elect their representatives to the parliament.

The provisional result will be announced around midnight on Sunday.

A total of 767 candidates will compete for the 125 seats in the parliament.

More than 66,000 local observers and 500 international observers will monitor the elections. Endi