POLITICS
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS STARTED SUCCESSFULLY IN SUMGAIT
Population of Sumgait numbers 398 thousands, 154 thousand of which have rights for voting. There have been set up 4 election commissions comprising 132 election stations.
The elections are observed by 1518 local and 36 foreign observers.
Elections are being conducted with high activeness of the residents, freely and in a democratic atmosphere.
Talking to AzerTAj correspondent, head of the Marmara Group (Vagf) on strategic and social studies, member of the social organization of UN, Akkan Syver stated that the Turkish deputies he heads is participating at several polling stations.
At 12.00 am at the 23rd election precinct of the election district commission 41, from 1137 electors have voted 480. There was no breach of order and Law, he said. All are going in a democratic spirit.
As stated by chairman of the district election commission Mazahir Suleymanov, 29 percent of the electors has already voted at 12.00 am.
During voting, at the presidential elections of Azerbaijan republic, there was registered any irregularity, Sevindik Safarov, chief of the police department of Sumgait told AzertAj correspondent.
The elections are observed by 10 observers - OSCE representatives. The OSCE observers represent Ukraine, Czech, Poland and Romania. All conditions for their activity were set up.
As was informed at the 42-district election commission, over 30 percent has voted in the commission, chairman of the commission Tofig Abdullayev stressed.