As many as 1,321 registered candidates will vie for parliamentary seats in Azerbaijan during the February 9 early parliamentary elections, the country’s Central Election Commission (CEC) told, Eurasia Diary reports citing AzVision.az.
Some 315 candidates withdrew from the race at the certain stages of the electoral process, while the CEC cancelled the one’s candidacy.
A total of 2,431 people applied for participation in the parliamentary elections.