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Parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on 1 November 2015. The result was a victory for the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, which won 69 of the 125 seats in the National Assembly amidst an opposition boycott.
Electoral system
The 125 members of the National Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system.
Campaign
The elections were boycotted by the major opposition parties, including Musavat, who accused the government of "massive violations".
Results
See also: Results of the 2015 Azerbaijani parliamentary election by constituencyThe results in constituency 90 (Agdash) were annulled due to irregularities after an appeal by two candidates; independent candidate Chingiz Asadullayev had been in the lead.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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New Azerbaijan Party | 1,340,765 | 47.20 | 69 | −2 | |
Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party | 42,459 | 1.49 | 1 | 0 | |
Civic Solidarity Party | 37,561 | 1.32 | 2 | −1 | |
Great Order Party | 34,156 | 1.20 | 1 | 0 | |
Motherland Party | 28,483 | 1.00 | 1 | −1 | |
Musavat | 24,995 | 0.88 | 0 | 0 | |
Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party | 22,003 | 0.77 | 1 | 0 | |
Democratic Reforms Party | 21,044 | 0.74 | 1 | 0 | |
Unity Party | 15,070 | 0.53 | 1 | +1 | |
Party of Hope | 14,815 | 0.52 | 0 | −1 | |
Civic Unity Party | 13,548 | 0.48 | 1 | 0 | |
Azerbaijan Democratic Enlightenment Party | 13,279 | 0.47 | 1 | +1 | |
National Revival Movement Party | 12,043 | 0.42 | 1 | New | |
Classic Popular Front Party | 11,671 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | |
Azerbaijan Communist Party | 11,426 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | |
Azerbaijani Social Democratic Party | 11,288 | 0.40 | 1 | +1 | |
Azerbaijan National Independence Party | 10,526 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | |
Justice Party | 6,507 | 0.23 | 0 | −1 | |
Azerbaijan People's Party | 6,152 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | |
Citizen and Development Party | 3,374 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | |
Democratic Azerbaijan World Party | 3,230 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
Great Azerbaijan Party | 2,807 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | |
Azerbaijan Democratic Party | 2,746 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | |
AMDEP | 481 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 1,150,410 | 40.50 | 43 | +4 | |
Invalidated | 1 | – | |||
Total | 2,840,839 | 100.00 | 125 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 2,840,839 | 98.83 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 33,696 | 1.17 | |||
Total votes | 2,874,535 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 55.7 | ||||
Source: MSK |
Aftermath
2016 District Nº90 rerun
The results of this district were invalidated after the 2015 general election. A new election was held on 18 June 2016.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Cavid Həmid Osmanov | New Azerbaijan Party | 19,674 | 85.56 | |
İqbal Fehruz Ağazadə | Azerbaijan Hope Party | 1,802 | 7.84 | |
Rəşad Mustafa Abdullayev | Independent | 409 | 1.78 | |
Əli Bəkir Haqverdiyev | Independent | 341 | 1.48 | |
Anar Zamin İbrahimli | Independent | 295 | 1.28 | |
Elmir Şahsəlim Gözəlov | Independent | 253 | 1.10 | |
Rəşid Qalib Gözəlov | Independent | 220 | 0.96 | |
Total | 22,994 | 100.00 | ||
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References
- "2014–2015 ELECTIONS CALENDAR". National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- Electoral system IPU
- Azerbaijan votes in parliamentary elections amid boycott BBC News, 1 November 2015
- Azerbaijani CEC annuls election results for one constituency Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine News.az, 17 November 2015
- "90 SAYLI AĞDAŞ SEÇKİ DAİRƏSİ". Elections Information Center.
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