The Independent Counseling and Support Center for Civil Society and French company OpinionWay have announced preliminary results of the joint exit poll held in connection with the April 11 presidential election in Azerbaijan, Kanal24 reports.
Preliminary results of the exit poll are as follows:
Incumbent President, Chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party Ilham Aliyev – 86.53 percent
Chairman of the United Azerbaijan Popular Front Party Gudrat Hasanguliyev – 3.10 percent
Self-nominee Zahid Oruj – 2.92 percent
Chairman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party Sardar Jalaloglu – 2.81 percent
Chairman of the Modern Musavar Party Hafiz Hajiyev – 1.73 percent
Chairman of the Social Democratic Party Araz Alizade – 1.21 percent
Chairman of the National Revival Movement Party Faraj Guliyev – 1.03 percent
Razi Nurullayev nominated by the Frontists Initiative Group – 0.67 percent
The exit poll has covered all regions of the country, excepting Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
Eight candidates have participated at the election.
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Incumbent President Ilham Aliyev won 82.71 percent of vote in the presidential election held in Azerbaijan on April 11, according to preliminary results of the exit poll held by “ELS” Independent Research Center, Kanal24 reports.
Speaking at a press conference, Irada Yagubova, director of “ELS” Independent Research Center, the exit poll was held at 300 polling stations of 118 constituencies.
“We summed up the results on the basis of 80,000 questionnaires. During the day, we were pulling questionnaires out of ballot boxes and counting votes. The questionnaires contained questions on the voting process and other issues,” she added.
The voter turnout in the presidential election was 68.7 percent, said Yagubova, stressing that the exit poll was completed successfully.
Preliminary results of the exit poll conducted by “ELS” Independent Research Center are as follows:
Ilham Aliyev – 82.71 percent
Gudrat Hasanguliyev – 4.23 percent
Sardar Jalaloglu – 3.56 percent
Zahid Oruj – 3.37 percent
Hafiz Hajiyev – 2.1 percent
Araz Alizade – 1.87 percent
Faraj Guliyev – 1.33 percent
Razi Nurullayev – 0.92 percent
The presidential election in Azerbaijan was monitored by 894 international and 58,175 local observers. Moreover, 1,000 web cameras were installed in 119 constituencies.
