“112,749 local observers were registered during the parliamentary elections.”
This was announced by the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC), Mazahir Panahov, at a press conference held today.
He noted that more than 65,000 of them are observers for political parties.
According to M. Panakhov, out of 990 candidates for deputies, 305 are candidates from political parties.
He noted that although 371 people belong to a political party, they participated as neutral candidates.