2015 Azerbaijani parliamentary election

2015 Azerbaijani parliamentary election

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All 125 seats in the National Assembly 63 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– New Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev 47.20 69 −2 BAXCP Qüdrət Həsənquliyev  [ az ] 1.49 1 0 Civic Solidarity Sabir Rustamkhanli 1.32 2 −1 Great Order Fazil Mustafa 1.20 1 0 Motherland Fazail Agamali 1.00 1 −1 Social Prosperity Xanhüseyn Kazımlı 0.77 1 0 DİP Asim Mollazadə  [ az ] 0.74 1 0 Unity Tahir Kərimli  [ az ] 0.53 1 +1 Civic Unity Sabir Hacıyev  [ az ] 0.48 1 0 ADMP Elşən Musayev  [ az ] 0.47 1 +1 National Revival Faraj Guliyev 0.42 1 New Social Democratic Araz Alizadeh 0.40 1 +1 Independents – 40.50 43 +4 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Speaker before Speaker after Ogtay Asadov Ogtay Asadov

Parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on 1 November 2015. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

Campaign

The elections were boycotted by the major opposition parties, including Musavat, who accused the government of "massive violations". ^[3]

Results

See also: Results of the 2015 Azerbaijani parliamentary election by constituency

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. ^[4]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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	%
	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
Source: [5]

References

1. "2014–2015 Elections calendar". National Democratic Institute for International Affairs . Retrieved 29 November 2014.
2. Electoral system IPU
3. Azerbaijan votes in parliamentary elections amid boycott BBC News, 1 November 2015
4. Azerbaijani CEC annuls election results for one constituency Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine News.az, 17 November 2015
5. "90 SAYLI AĞDAŞ SEÇKİ DAİRƏSİ". Elections Information Center.