BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 8. The Turkish Foreign Ministry has congratulated Azerbaijan on the results of the presidential elections, the ministry said in a statement, TurkicWorld reports.
"We hope that the presidential elections benefit brotherly Azerbaijan. We are relieved that the elections were held safely throughout the country, even in territory liberated from occupation. We appreciate the common sense that the Azerbaijani people shown during the electoral process," the statement said.
Voting for the presidential election in Azerbaijan has finished.
With a total of 6,478,623 people on the voter list, voting took place at 6,537 polling sites across the country. Over 90,000 observers have enrolled to oversee the election.
The election took place across the entire territory of Azerbaijan, including territories recently liberated from Armenian occupation.
The US-based Oracle Advisory Group and the Citizens' Labor Rights Protection League have jointly released the results of an exit poll conducted during the presidential election in Azerbaijan.
According to the organization, 93.9 percent of voters cast their ballots for Ilham Aliyev.
The Social Research Center says that 92.4 percent of voters voted for Ilham Aliyev.
Based on the results of the exit poll of the Ray Monitoring Center, 92.6 percent of voters voted for Ilham Aliyev.
