Parliamentary elections were held in

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

on 1 November 2015. The result was a victory for the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, which won 69 of the 125 seats in the

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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 First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

system.

Campaign

The elections were boycotted by the major opposition parties, including Musavat, who accused the government of "massive violations".

Results

The 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.Azerbaijani CEC annuls election results for one constituency
News.az, 17 November 2015

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.

References

Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan

Parliamentary Election and referendum articles with incomplete results {{Azerbaijan-election-stub