“So far everything has been very smooth, as expected. We hope the rest of the day will go smoothly. Once we receive back the report from our data center in New York we will have an idea of the first round of results. We do not have that back yet,” said Vlada Galan, member of the Oracle Advisory Group, News.az reports.

The US Oracle Advisory Group has been observing elections in Azerbaijan since 2013, the group's representative George Birnbaum said, News.az reports.

A survey conducted by the US-based Oracle Advisory Group in Azerbaijan ahead of the September 1 snap parliamentary elections shows that 88% of respondents favor parties supporting President Ilham Aliyev.