The early parliamentary elections on Sunday, October 25 will be monitored by observers from both at home and abroad.
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The Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) has deployed observers at 750 polling stations and publish regular turnout updates throughout Sunday while the CRTA democracy watchdog’s observation mission has deployed 2,500 observers at 500 polling stations, with press conferences scheduled during election day and an initial assessment of the vote expected on Monday.
According to the latest figures, 622 foreign observers from 57 organizations will monitor the vote according to the Republic Election Commission (RIK). The main international parliamentary observation missions are from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) which is the main election observation mission with 291 members; the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) with around 80 parliamentarians and staff; the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) with a delegation of 24; the European Parliament (EP) whose 15 member delegation is joining the joint international mission.
Local media also reported a total of 31 observers representing the parliaments and election commissions of Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Georgia and another 10 affiliated with US Republican Party organizations.
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