Amid strong opposition from Azerbaijani authorities, seven parties and 185 candidates are vying for places in Nagorno-Karabakh's fourth parliament, with two-thirds of the parliament's 33 seats to be elected directly and one-third under a proportional system.
Voting was brisk, with lines forming outside polling stations and officials anticipating a turnout above 60 percent.
Azerbaijan, which claims the territory, said any vote in the region will remain illegal until hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis banished from Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions were allowed to return.
Nagorno-Karabakh was the scene of a conflict in 1993-94 between Armenia and Azerbaijan that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives.
The parliament is elected for a five-year term.
(AFP)
Voting was brisk, with lines forming outside polling stations and officials anticipating a turnout above 60 percent.
Azerbaijan, which claims the territory, said any vote in the region will remain illegal until hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis banished from Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions were allowed to return.
Nagorno-Karabakh was the scene of a conflict in 1993-94 between Armenia and Azerbaijan that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives.
The parliament is elected for a five-year term.
(AFP)
