Azerbaijani presidential election, 1998

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Azerbaijani presidential election, 1998
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  1993 11 October 1998 2003  

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Nominee Heydar Aliyev Etibar Mammadov
Party New Azerbaijan Azerbaijan National Independence Party
Popular vote 2,556,059 389,662
Percentage 77.6% 11.8%

President before election

Heydar Aliyev
New Azerbaijan

Elected President

Heydar Aliyev
New Azerbaijan

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Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Heydar Aliyev New Azerbaijan Party 2,556,05977.6
Etibar Mammadov Azerbaijan National Independence Party 389,66211.8
Nizami Suleymanov Independent Azerbaijan Party 270,7098.2
Firudin Hasanov Azerbaijan Communist Party 29,2440.9
Ashraf Mehdiyev Endeavour Party 28,8090.9
Khanhuseyn Kazimli Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party 8,2540.3
None of the above10,910 0.3
Invalid/blank votes64,818
Total3,358,465100
Source: Nohlen et al.

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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., p364