The early stage of voting in the framework of the elections of deputies to the Turkmen parliament started on March 16, and all 2,644 polling stations, including 42 abroad, are fully ready for the start of the election campaign, the country's CEC reports.

The Electoral Code of Turkmenistan states that citizens who go on long business trips or vacations, as well as those who for one reason or another will not be able to vote on election day on March 26, will be able to vote ahead of schedule.

Election monitoring is carried out by observers of missions of international structures, including from the CIS, OSCE and others.

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