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An Azeri man casts his ballot at a polling station during a presidential elections in Baku, April 11, 2018
An Azeri man casts his ballot at a polling station during a presidential elections in Baku, April 11, 2018
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Azerbaijan votes for the new parliament

After a sudden decision to dissolve the National Assembly, some five million Azerbaijanis are voting in snap parliamentary polls on February 9.

Azerbaijan is set to hold an early parliamentary election on February 9.

On November 28, Azerbaijan's ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) - which dominates the National Assembly - initiated the dissolution of parliament asking President Ilham Aliyev, to call for snap general polls.

On December 5, President Ilham Aliyev with the consent of the Constitutional Court signed a decree approving the dissolution of the parliament and scheduling the early election for on February 9.

Speaking at a press conference in Baku on November 28, YAP Executive Secretary Ali Akhmedov said the move aimed to support Aliyev's policy on reforms and personnel changes.

Officials have said an early vote would help modernize Azerbaijan's legislative branch and speed the course of economic reforms.

The president has the right to dissolve parliament and call for early elections. The vote needs to take place within three months after the dissolution of the national assembly.

Azerbaijan was to hold the next parliamentary elections in November 2020.

Members of parliament are elected by a simple majority from 125 single-mandate constituencies for a five-year term.

13:45 9.2.2020

Voters inside ambulance cars

Voters are taken in ambulance cars to polling stations to vote in Kurdamir.

The man filming, asked the men sitting inside the ambulance where they were coming from, they told him from voting while the driver of the ambulance car, tells the person behind the camera that he is on duty of the hospital.

13:29 9.2.2020

Ballot stuffing reports

Independent observers report on ballot-stuffing at the precinct number 21 of the Mingachevir constituency number 47. The election commission of the said constituency refuted the claims in an interview with Turan News Agency.

12:59 9.2.2020

Azadliq Radio reports how independent observers are treated at multiple polling stations across the country.

12:46 9.2.2020

27.35% of voter activity registered

Central Election Commission reports a total of 457,776 votes cast by 12:00PM.

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