Presidential election in Azerbaijan 2018
The 2018 presidential election in Azerbaijan took place on April 11th. The presidential election in Azerbaijan was originally scheduled for October 17th, but was brought forward by six months on February 5th, 2018.
After the constitutional referendum on September 26, 2016, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan will be directly elected for a term of seven years.
Election process
The election took place on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, which was declared non-working. 5.3 million people were eligible to vote. The Azerbaijan Central Election Committee said the 2018 presidential election was held in 5,641 polling stations in 125 constituencies. Eight people were registered as presidential candidates. The 2018 presidential election was accompanied by 894 election observers. Observers from the various candidates and their parties were present at the polling stations.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) sent around 280 election observers to the country, who discovered numerous serious irregularities.
According to the opposition, “all previous elections in Azerbaijan have been falsified and held with blatant violations of the right to vote”.
Election result
The election winner was the incumbent President İlham Əliyev with 86.02% of the vote.
| Azerbaijani presidential election 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Political party | candidate | be right | proportion of |
| New Azerbaijan | İlham Əliyev (incumbent) | 3,394,898 | 86.02% |
| Non-party | Oruc Zahid | 122,956 | 3.12% |
| Azerbaijan Democratic Party | Məmmədov Sərdar | 119,621 | 3.03% |
| Popular Front of all Azerbaijan | Qüdrət Həsənquliyev | 119.311 | 3.02% |
| National revival movement party | Fərəc Quliyev | 45,967 | 1.17% |
| Azerbaijan Social Democratic Party | Araz Əlizadə | 54,533 | 1.38% |
| Azerbaijan Popular Front | Nurullayev Razi | 29,229 | 0.74% |
| Modern equality party | Hafiz Hacıyev | 59,924 | 1.52% |
| Invalid or blank notes | 12,413 | 0.31% | |
| total | 3,946,439 | 100% | |
| voter turnout | 74.30% | ||
Individual evidence
- ↑ Early presidential elections announced in Azerbaijan. azertag.az, accessed on April 11, 2018 .
- ↑ Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Article 100. № 00, Baku November 12, 1995.
- ↑ Mərkəzi Seçki Komissiyası. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
- ^ A b Brief statistic information on presidential elections - Central Election Comission of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
- ^ Early Presidential Election, April 11, 2018. OSCE, accessed April 12, 2018 .
- ↑ OSCE criticizes irregularities in presidential elections in Azerbaijan. Deutsche Welle (dw.com), April 12, 2018, accessed April 14, 2018 .
- ^ Election in Azerbaijan: Fourth term of office for President Aliyev. tagesschau.de, accessed on April 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Protocol of Central Election Commission on the results of the Presidential Elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan conducted on April 11, 2018 - Central Election Comission of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Retrieved April 18, 2018 .
