Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

elects on a national level a

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—the president—and a legislature. The

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is elected for a seven-year term by the people; before a

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referendum changed this in 2009, the position was limited to two terms. The

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(''Milli Məclis'') has 125 members. Before 2005, 100 members were elected for a five-year term in single-seat

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and 25 members were elected by

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. Since 2005 all 125 members are elected in single-seat

. Azerbaijan is a

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. Each of political parties in Azerbaijan has the same rights and opportunities to compete in elections as defined in by the

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and respective laws. On Sunday, 9 February 2020, the most recent parliamentary elections were held. On Wednesday, 11 April 2018, the most recent

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was held.

Latest elections

2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election

2018 Presidential election

Past elections

Presidential elections

2013 Azerbaijani presidential election Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 9 October 2013. The result was a victory for incumbent President Ilham Aliyev, who received a reported 84.5% of the vote, whilst leading opposition candidate Jamil Hasanli finished second with a r ...

* 2008 Azerbaijani presidential election * 2003 Azerbaijani presidential election * 1998 Azerbaijani presidential election *

1993 Azerbaijani presidential election Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 3 October 1993. The result was a victory for Heydar Aliyev of the New Azerbaijan Party. Voter turnout was reported to be 97.6%.Nohlen et al., p364 Results References {{Azerbaijani elections A ...

1992 Azerbaijani presidential election Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 7 June 1992,Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p357 the first in more than seventy years not held under communist control. Fi ...

1991 Azerbaijani presidential election Presidential elections were held for the first time in Azerbaijan on 8 September 1991. The only candidate was Ayaz Mutalibov of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, who won with 98.5% of the vote, with turnout reported to be 85.7%.Nohlen et al., p36 ...

* 1990 Azerbaijani presidential election

Parliamentary elections

2015 Azerbaijani parliamentary election 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 memb ...

2010 Azerbaijani parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on 7 November 2010. Candidates The registration of candidates ended on 15 October. Although 1,115 candidates filed application to run in the election, only 690 were given the go ahead by the elector ...

2005 Azerbaijani parliamentary election 5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on eac ...

2000–2001 Azerbaijani parliamentary election The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

* 1995–1996 Azerbaijani parliamentary election *

1990 Azerbaijani parliamentary election Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Azeri SSR on 30 September and 14 October 1990. They were the first multi-party elections in the country. Results ReferencesCIA World Factbook (1995) Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan Supreme Aze ...

Constitutional referendums

2009 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum A constitutional referendum was held in Azerbaijan on 18 March 2009. It consisted of 29 measures voted on separately; the most controversial were a measure to abolish presidential term limits and a measure to greatly restrict press freedom. The mea ...

2002 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum A constitutional referendum was held in Azerbaijan on 24 August 2002. The referendum was initiated by the authoritarian Heydar Aliyev regime. Voters were asked eight separate questions, all of which were approved with at least 96% voting in favour ...

1995 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum A constitutional referendum was held in Azerbaijan on 12 November 1995 alongside the first round of parliamentary elections. Voters were asked to vote for or against a constitutional draft publicly released several days before the referendum. Vot ...

Other referendums

1993 Azerbaijani vote of confidence referendum A national vote of confidence in President Abulfaz Elchibey was held in Azerbaijan on 29 August 1993, following a coup d'état in June. Voters were asked "Do you trust the President of the Azerbaijan Republic?" Only 2% of voters voted "yes", wi ...

1991 Azerbaijani independence referendum An independence referendum was held in Azerbaijan on 29 December 1991, three days after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The result was 99.8% in favour, with turnout reported to be 95%.Nohlen ''et al''., p360 Results References Dissol ...

External links

Adam Carr's Election ArchiveAzerbaijan – Parliamentary Elections, 2005
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