Baku / 27.01.20 / Turan: The Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan examined the appeals of two organizations that wished to conduct exit-poll during the February 9 parliamentary elections.
At a meeting of the CEC on January 27 the head of CEC Mazahir Panahov said that the exit poll will conduct AJF & Associates Inc. and the League for the Protection of Labor Rights of Citizens.
It was noted that these organizations have successfully conducted polls in the previous elections.
He also said that 409 international observers and 55,492 thousand local observers passed accreditation in the elections.-02D-
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