According to the information received by the CIS Observation Mission Staff from the polling stations a positive impression is observed on the Azerbaijani parliamentary elections, the CIS Observation Mission head Sergei Lebedev said today in Baku.
"The voting runs in a calm atmosphere. Traditionally, older people come to polling stations earlier, the youth vote later. According to our records, about 20 percent of voters have participated in the voting on separate polling stations, this figure is less on other polling stations. We have recently visited the polling stations, where five percent of voters participated in the voting, and we see that there is an active voter turnout, voters are now more active," Lebedev said.

According to him, more people will come to vote to polling stations by noon. "We asked the observers about complaints from voters, but so far no complaints have been reported. In general, a normal voting is in progress, and the people's mood is good," he said.
He said the polling stations were opened in time. The CIS Observation Mission's representatives have been in each of them.
The CIS Mission conducted an assessment of the voting process in the polling stations No.6, No.7 and No.8. At the moment, the turnout hits respectively 140, 119 and 132 people. Exit-poll is organized in these polling stations.
The CIS Mission' representative from Tajikistan Radjabmurod Ashurov is a coordinator in the 25th Constituency's polling stations No.6, No.7 and No.8.
Azerbaijan has today launched the parliamentary elections at 08:00 local time.
The Azerbaijani CEC reported that 690 candidates will struggle in the elections.
Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan are held by the majority system in 125 constituencies. Previous parliamentary elections were held in November 2005.

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