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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.
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west and Iran to the south. The exclave of Nakhchivan is bounded by Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, and has an 11 km long border with Turkey in the northwest.
The New Azerbaijan Party is the ruling political party in Azerbaijan. It was formed on 18 December 1992 by the former President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev, who led it until his death in 2003. It is now led by his son, Ilham Aliyev, who succeeded his father as the party leader and as President of Azerbaijan since 2003.
The National Assembly, also transliterated as Milli Majlis, is the legislative branch of government in Azerbaijan. The unicameral National Assembly has 125 deputies: previously 100 members were elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies and 25 were members elected by proportional representation; as of the latest election, however, all 125 deputies are returned from single-member constituencies. Milli Majlis was the first secular republican parliament in the Muslim world.
The 125 members of the National Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system. [2]
A first-past-the-post electoral system is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins. This is sometimes described as winner takes all. First-past-the-post voting is a plurality voting method. FPTP is a common, but not universal, feature of electoral systems with single-member electoral divisions, and is practiced in close to one third of countries. Notable examples include Canada, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as most of their current or former colonies and protectorates.
The elections were boycotted by the major opposition parties, including Musavat, who accused the government of "massive violations". [3]
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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 | +/– |
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New Azerbaijan Party | 1,340,770 | 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 |
Party for Democratic Reforms | 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 |
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 | 1,150,413 | 40.50 | 43 | +4 |
Invalidated | – | – | 1 | – |
Invalid/blank votes | 33,696 | – | – | – |
Total | 2,874,543 | 100 | 125 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 55.7 | – | – | |
Source: MSK |
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