2015 Azerbaijani parliamentary election

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.

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

Electoral system

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The 125 members of the National Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system.[2]

Campaign

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

Results

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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]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Azerbaijan Party1,340,76547.2069−2
Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party42,4591.4910
Civic Solidarity Party37,5611.322−1
Great Order Party34,1561.2010
Motherland Party28,4831.001−1
Musavat24,9950.8800
Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party22,0030.7710
Democratic Reforms Party21,0440.7410
Unity Party15,0700.531+1
Party of Hope14,8150.520−1
Civic Unity Party13,5480.4810
Azerbaijan Democratic Enlightenment Party13,2790.471+1
National Revival Movement Party12,0430.421New
Classic Popular Front Party11,6710.4100
Azerbaijan Communist Party11,4260.4000
Azerbaijani Social Democratic Party11,2880.401+1
Azerbaijan National Independence Party10,5260.3700
Justice Party6,5070.230−1
Azerbaijan People's Party6,1520.2200
Citizen and Development Party3,3740.1200
Democratic Azerbaijan World Party3,2300.1100
Great Azerbaijan Party2,8070.1000
Azerbaijan Democratic Party2,7460.1000
AMDEP4810.020New
Independents1,150,41040.5043+4
Invalidated1
Total2,840,839100.001250
Valid votes2,840,83998.83
Invalid/blank votes33,6961.17
Total votes2,874,535100.00
Registered voters/turnout55.7
Source: MSK

Aftermath

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2016 District Nº90 rerun

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The results of this district were invalidated after the 2015 general election. A new election was held on 18 June 2016.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Cavid Həmid OsmanovNew Azerbaijan Party19,67485.56
İqbal Fehruz AğazadəAzerbaijan Hope Party1,8027.84
Rəşad Mustafa AbdullayevIndependent4091.78
Əli Bəkir HaqverdiyevIndependent3411.48
Anar Zamin İbrahimliIndependent2951.28
Elmir Şahsəlim GözəlovIndependent2531.10
Rəşid Qalib GözəlovIndependent2200.96
Total22,994100.00
Source: [5]

References

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  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.