Central Election Commission ratifies 24126 people as nominees for municipal elections

Fri 30 October 2009 10:00 GMT | 15:00 Local Time

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Central Election Commission

Candidates continue to nominate to municipalities in Azerbaijan.

According to the press service for the Central Election Commission, candidacies of 24126 people were ratified on 1718 municipalities on October 29. Of them, 4677 are women, reports AzerTaj.

12108 ratified candidates have a higher education.

22774 people, whose candidacies were ratified, presented the signature lists to the related election commissions and other necessary documents for registration of their candidacies after getting signature lists, of them 6854 people have already submitted the necessary number of signatures.

Candidacies of 754 people were registered on 219 constituencies. 5877 people who nominated their candidacies are non-party members and others are representatives of 26 political parties.

16 political parties, officially participating in the elections, have nominated their candidacies for municipalities.

Notably, 15682 members will be elected to 1718 municipalities.

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