Share :

Download PDF :

27 September 2016

By Elchin Mehdiyev – Trend

Mazahir Panahov, head of Azerbaijan’s Central Election Commission (CEC), has said that the constitutional referendum in the country is valid.

He noted that 3,671,707 people (69.7 percent of voters) cast their ballots in the referendum.

“No complaints were filed to the Central Election Commission and the referendum to amend Azerbaijan’s constitution was held transparently,” said Panahov.

International and local observers pointed to high voter turnout, he added.

Panahov also said the Central Election Commission ensured the correspondence of the voting with the law of Azerbaijan.

The referendum to make amendments to Azerbaijan’s Constitution kicked off at 08:00 and wrapped up at 19:00 (UTC/GMT + 4 hours) Sept. 26.

As many as 117 international observers – MPs from over 30 countries as well as observers from various international organizations, including the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) – were accredited by Azerbaijan’s CEC to observe the referendum.

The total number of the observers was around 53,000.