08/11/2010 11:22
Azerbaijan’s ruling party wins parliamentary vote
Azerbaijan’s ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party is winning Sunday’s parliamentary election gaining 71 seats in parliament, Chairman of Azerbaijan’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Mezahir Penahov said, according to RIA Novosti.
Penahov reported that 40 candidates out of those winning majority votes are non-partisan, 11 represent other parties.
CEC Chairman stated that according to preliminary calculations, 2480205 out of 4946588 registered voters participated in voting.