List of political parties in Azerbaijan
The list of political parties in Azerbaijan includes all current Azerbaijani parties. The activities of opposition parties are repeatedly restricted by new registration obligations in the run-up to every presidential or parliamentary election as well as reprisals against opposition politicians and journalists; pragmatic, often short-lived party alliances are characteristic. In 1995, a revised version of the original Political Party Act of 1992 was introduced.
Parties
There are around 50 parties in total, none of which, with the exception of the authoritarian ruling party “ New Azerbaijan ”, can get more than one percent of the vote in parliamentary elections. The order of the list follows the results of the 2010 Azerbaijani parliamentary elections .
Parliamentary parties
- New Azerbaijan (Yeni Azərbaycan Partiyası)
- Civil Solidarity Party (Vətəndaş Həmrəyliyi Partiyası)
- Motherland Party (Ana Vətən Partiyası)
Extra-parliamentary parties
- Azerbaijani Democratic Party (Azərbaycan Demokratie Partiyası)
- Azerbaijani Hope Party (Azərbaycan Ümid Partiyası)
- Azerbaijani Communist Party (Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası)
- Equality Party (Müsavat Partiyası)
- National Independence Party of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Milli İstiqlal Partiyası)
- Social Democratic Party (Azərbaycan Sosial-Demokratie Partiyası)
- Azerbaijan Popular Front (Azərbaycan Xalq Cəbhəsi Partiyası)
Individual evidence
- ^ The ruling party wins elections in Azerbaijan. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 8, 2010, accessed October 20, 2011 .