Azerbaijan has commenced early parliamentary elections.
Voting began at 8:00 AM and will conclude at 7:00 PM.
The pre-election campaign for candidates started 23 days before the election day, in line with the official calendar, and was halted 24 hours before the voting began.
On June 28, President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree dissolving the 6th convocation of the Azerbaijani Parliament and called for early elections, which were scheduled for September 1.