1991 Azerbaijani presidential election

1991 Azerbaijani presidential election

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Nominee Ayaz Mutalibov Party Communist Party Popular vote 3,275,837 Percentage 98.53%

President before election Ayaz Mutalibov Communist Party Elected President Ayaz Mutalibov Communist Party

Presidential elections were held for the first time in Azerbaijan on 8 September 1991. ^[1] The only candidate was Ayaz Mutalibov of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, who won with 99% of the vote, with turnout reported to be 86%. ^[2]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ayaz Mutalibov	Communist Party of Azerbaijan	3,275,837	98.53
Against			48,866	1.47
Total			3,324,703	100.00
Valid votes			3,324,703	99.99
Invalid/blank votes			460	0.01
Total votes			3,325,163	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,879,988	85.70
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p357 ISBN   0-19-924958-X
2. Nohlen et al., p363