1998 Azerbaijani presidential election

Last updated January 03, 2024

Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 11 October 1998.^[1] The result was a victory for Heydar Aliyev of the New Azerbaijan Party, who received 78% of the vote. Voter turnout was reported to be 79%.^[2]

The election occurred under the context in which Heydar Aliyev had cemented "complete political control" of Azerbaijan, as his party controlled the legislature and the state dominated the media.^[3] The main opposition parties in Azerbaijan boycotted the election with the exception of Etibar Mammadov.^[3] Election monitors noted that there was a ballot stuffing and allegations of fabricated vote counts.^[3] After the election, Mammadov appealed the election to Azerbaijan's Supreme Court, which rejected his appeal.^[3]

An independent assessment of the vote put the outcome at 50-60% for Aliyev and 25% for Mammadov.^[3]

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Heydar Aliyev	New Azerbaijan Party	2,556,059	77.61
	Etibar Mammadov	Azerbaijan National Independence Party	389,662	11.83
	Nizami Suleymanov	Independent Azerbaijan Party	270,709	8.22
	Firudin Hasanov	Azerbaijan Communist Party	29,244	0.89
	Ashraf Mehdiyev	Endeavour Party	28,809	0.87
	Khanhuseyn Kazimli	Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party	8,254	0.25
Against all			10,910	0.33
Total			3,293,647	100.00

Valid votes			3,293,647	98.07
Invalid/blank votes			64,818	1.93
Total votes			3,358,465	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,255,717	78.92
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p357 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
↑ Nohlen et al., p364
1 2 3 4 5 Altstadt, Audrey L. (2017). Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan. Columbia University Press. pp. 71–73. doi:10.7312/alts70456. ISBN 978-0-231-70456-4.

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[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., p364

[:0-3] 1 2 3 4 5 Altstadt, Audrey L. (2017). Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan. Columbia University Press. pp. 71–73. doi:10.7312/alts70456. ISBN 978-0-231-70456-4.

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