Azerbaijani CEC: Some 1,152 MP candidates apply to district electoral commissions

Some 1,152 candidates for parliament have applied to district electoral commissions, 1,092 have received a subscription list from the Central Election Commission, and 200 have already filled them out and submitted them to the CEC, CEC chairman Mazahir Panahov said Monday at a meeting of the committee.

"At present, 54 people in 28 constituencies have been registered as candidate," Panahov said.

He said 21 people earlier wishing to become a candidate have already refused to nominate their candidacy.

Parliamentary elections are scheduled for Nov. 7. Previous legislative elections were held in November 2005. Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan are held by the majority system in 125 electoral constituencies.

The CEC has registered 460 observes for parliamentary elections. Authorized representatives of political parties were registered at the CEC's meeting today and changes were made in the structure of the 75th Lankaran-Masalli Constituency.


/Trend/