A total of 860 candidates competing for seats in upcoming parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, have made applications to district election commissions (DECs), the Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) chairman has said. ....

Azerbaijan kicked off the parliamentary elections, Central Election Commission (CEC) spokesman Azer Sariyev told Trend today. ....

The heads of about 10 Azerbaijani NGOs voiced an interest this week in nominating themselves for the upcoming parliamentary elections. Azerbaijani Presidential State NGO Support Fund, MP Azay Guliyev made the statement at a roundtable discussion on the autumn elections today. "Some 10 NGO leaders have expressed an interest in nominating their candidacy on an individual basis," he said. ....

The CIS Executive Committee sent letters to the member-countries to provide lists of people, who will be accredited as observers to the Azerbaijani parliamentary elections, the executive committee told Trend today. Parliamentary elections are scheduled for Nov. 7. ...

Azerbaijan will use an e-information system during the parliamentary elections, the Central Election Commission (CEC) told Trend today. The elections will be held in early November. The "Election" system will reflect the voting process, enter protocols, MPs and political parties into a database, and summarize the final protocols of district election commissions. ...