“Rey” Monitoring Center declares exit-poll results in Azerbaijan

By  Trend

“Rey” Monitoring Center has conducted an exit poll at 350 polling stations in 48 constituencies in Azerbaijan.

The center told Trend that the voter turnout in the referendum on amendments to Azerbaijan’s Constitution was 66.3 percent.

The referendum to make amendments to Azerbaijan’s Constitution kicked off at 08:00 and wrapped up at 19:00 (UTC/GMT +4).

As many as 117 international observers – MPs from over 30 countries as well as observers from various international organizations, including the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) – have been accredited by Azerbaijan’s CEC to observe the referendum. The total number of the observers is around 53,000.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree July 18 on submitting the draft Referendum Act “On making amendments to Azerbaijan’s constitution” to the Constitutional Court.