Over 32,000 candidates registered in Azeri municipal election campaign
Azadliq, Baku
15 Oct 04
A total of 32,270 people have been registered as candidates to
municipalities, Azar Sariyev, press secretary of the Central Electoral
Commission, has said.
He said that 40,794 people had taken signature forms in order to
nominate their candidacies in the municipal elections. A total of
37,398 of them collected signatures from voters and returned the
lists to territorial electoral commissions.
We should remind you that the registration of candidates will
last until 17 October. The municipal elections will be held on 17
December this year. The elections will be held in 118 of the 125
constituencies. Since seven of the constituencies are situated
on Armenian-occupied territory, it proved impossible to set up
municipalities there.
At present, there are 2,735 municipalities in Azerbaijan and 21,647
municipal members are to be elected (Turan news agency).
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress