CEC Sends Presidential Election Results to the Constitutional Court
Today the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) decided to send the final protocol of the presidential election on October 9 to the Constitutional Court for approval.
The document is signed by 17 of the 18 members of the CEC, with the exception of Akif Gurbanov, a member of the CEC from the party "Umid". Under the law, the Constitutional Court must approve the election results by October 23. According to official data, Ilham Aliyev received 84.55 % (3,126,612) of the votes cast in the election.
Results for the other candidates:
Jamil Hasanli - 5.53 % (204,635 votes)
Iqbal Aghazadeh - 2.40% (88,667 votes)
Gudret Hasanguliyev - 1.99% (73,586 votes)
Zahid Oruj - 1.45% (53,717 votes)
Ilyas Ismailov - 1.07 % (39,641 votes)
Araz Alizadeh - 0.87 % (32,065 votes)
Faraj Guliyev - 0.86 % (31,774 votes)
Hafiz Hajiyev - 0.66 % (24,459 votes)
Sardar Mammadov - 0.61 % (22,728 votes.) -16D-
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