An Azeri man casts his ballot at a polling station during a presidential elections in Baku, April 11, 2018

Azerbaijan votes for the new parliament

Yanvar 06, 2020

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.

17:29 9.2.2020

Payments for votes

According to reports from precinct number 15 of the Imishli-Beylagan constituency number 80, some voters have received payments in order to vote in favor of a certain candidate.

The head of the election committee Rza Azizov said they too have heard of these claims but have not observed them at the precinct.

18:29 9.2.2020

CEC voter activity registered at 44.84%

According to the most recent CEC report on voter turnout, 2,389,754 voters cast their ballots.

The voting began this morning at 8:00 AM local time and will end at 19:00 PM local time.

19:15 9.2.2020

Polls close

As clocks hit 19:00 PM local time, all polls officially close and the vote count begins.

20:56 9.2.2020

Vote count rigging

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