Elections in Azerbaijan
Elections in Azerbaijan gives information on election and election results in Azerbaijan.
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Azerbaijan elects on a national level a head of state – the president, and a legislature. The President of Azerbaijan is elected for a seven-year term by the people; before a constitutional referendum changed this in 2009, the position was limited to two terms. The National Assembly (Milli Məclis) has 125 members. Before 2005, 100 members were elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies and 25 members were elected by proportional representation. Since 2005 all 125 members are elected in single-seat constituencies. Azerbaijan is a one party dominant state. Each of political parties in Azerbaijan has the same rights and opportunities to compete in elections as defined in by the Constitution and respective laws. On Sunday, 1 November 2015, the most recent parliamentary elections were held. On Wednesday, 11 April 2018, the most recent presidential election was held.
Latest elections
2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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New Azerbaijan Party | 70 | +1 | |||
Civic Solidarity Party | 3 | +1 | |||
Motherland Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Great Order Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Party for Democratic Reforms | 1 | 0 | |||
Unity Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Civic Unity Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Azerbaijan Democratic Enlightenment Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party | 0 | –1 | |||
National Revival Movement Party | 0 | –1 | |||
Azerbaijani Social Democratic Party | 0 | –1 | |||
Independents | 41 | –2 | |||
Invalidated | 4 | – | |||
Total | 125 | 0 | |||
Total votes | 2,510,135 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 5,359,015 | 46.84 | |||
Source: MSK IPU |
2018 Presidential election
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Ilham Aliyev | New Azerbaijan Party | 3,394,898 | 86.02 | |
Zahid Oruj | Independent | 122,956 | 3.12 | |
Sardar Mammadov | Azerbaijan Democratic Party | 119,621 | 3.03 | |
Gudrat Hasanguliyev | Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party | 119,311 | 3.02 | |
Hafiz Hajiyev | Modern Equality Party | 59,924 | 1.52 | |
Araz Alizadeh | Azerbaijani Social Democratic Party | 54,533 | 1.38 | |
Faraj Guliyev | National Revival Movement Party | 45,967 | 1.16 | |
Razi Nurullayev | Independent | 29,229 | 0.74 | |
Total | 3,946,439 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 3,946,439 | 99.69 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 12,413 | 0.31 | ||
Total votes | 3,958,852 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 5,332,817 | 74.24 | ||
Source: CEC |