BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Some 30,000 people protested in Baku, Azerbaijan, in the latest demonstration challenging results of the Nov. 6 parliamentary election, a report said.
Larger than the two previous demonstrations, protesters called for the election to be annulled amid reports of irregularities, the BBC reported.
Under the watchful eye of hundreds of riot police, there was no violence in Azerbaijan's capital.
Government authorities have agreed to recounts in five of 125 electoral districts and were investigating fraud in more than 10 other districts, but said any changes likely would not affect the official result to be announced next Saturday.
In the parliamentary balloting, President Ilham Aliyev's ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party won half the seats and controls many other seats won by independents and smaller parties, the BBC reported.
Major opposition parties won just 10 of 125 seats.
