2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on 9 February 2020.[1] They were originally scheduled to take place in November 2020,[2] but were brought forward after parliament was dissolved in December 2019.[1] Opposition parties accused President Ilham Aliyev of limiting their ability to campaign and called for a boycott of the election.

2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election
Azerbaijan
9 February 2020
125 seats in the National Assembly
63 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader Seats +/–
YAP Ilham Aliyev 70 +1
Civic Solidarity Sabir Rustamkhanli 3 +1
Motherland Party Fazail Agamali 1 0
Great Order Party Fazil Mustafa 1 0
Democratic Reforms Asim Mollazadeh 1 0
Unity Party Tahir Karimli 1 0
Civic Unity Sabir Hajiyev 1 0
ADMP Elshan Musayev 1 0
BAXCP Gudrat Hasanguliyev 1 0
Independents 41 -2
Speaker before Speaker after
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The ruling New Azerbaijan Party retained its majority, winning 72 of the 125 seats, although this was later reduced to 70 when results in two constituencies were annulled. The second largest party (the Civic Solidarity Party) won only three seats.

Electoral system

The 125 members of the National Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system.[3]

Campaign

A total of 1,314 candidates contested the elections; 1,057 ran as independents, with 246 running as candidates of 19 different parties and 11 as nominees of initiative groups.[4]

Although a significant part of the opposition boycotted the elections, some parties (e.g. Musavat) announced that they would participate.[5][6]

Results
Main article: List of members of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (2020–2025)

The New Azerbaijan Party was initially reported to have won 72 seats, with 43 taken by independents.[7] However, the results in four constituencies were later annulled by the Election Commission,[8] with the New Azerbaijan Party and independents both losing two seats.

Erkin Gadirli of the Republican Alternative Party won a seat running as an independent.[9]

Razi Nurullayev, the chairman of the spitter group from Azerbaijani Popular Front Party won a seat running as an independent.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Azerbaijan Party70+1
Civic Solidarity Party3+1
Motherland Party10
Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party10
Great Order Party10
Democratic Reforms Party10
Unity Party10
Civic Unity Party10
Azerbaijan Democratic Enlightenment Party10
Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party0–1
National Revival Movement Party0–1
Azerbaijani Social Democratic Party0–1
Independents41–2
Invalidated4–
Total1250
Total votes2,510,135–
Registered voters/turnout5,359,01546.84
Source: MSK IPU

Aftermath

The newly elected National Assembly met for the first time on 10 March and elected Sahiba Gafarova as Speaker.[10]

References
  1. Azerbaijan to hold snap parliamentary election on February 9 Al Jazeera, 5 December 2019
  2. "Azerbaijan's Ruling Party Calls For Dissolution Of Parliament". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 28 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-11-28. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  3. Electoral system IPU
  4. Exit poll suggests ruling YAP party leads in parliamentary election Azernews, 10 February 2020
  5. "Azerbaijan's opposition split over snap election". OC Media. 2019-12-13. Archived from the original on 2019-12-14. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  6. "In Azerbaijan, surprise elections yield usual results". Eurasianet. 2020-02-10. Archived from the original on 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  7. "Preliminary results show almost no change in Azerbaijan parliament". OC Media. 2020-02-09. Archived from the original on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  8. Azerbaijani President Vows To Investigate Violations During Parliamentary Elections, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 14 February 2020
  9. Single Azerbaijani opposition member to make it into parliament criticised for accepting mandate JAM News, 11 February 2020
  10. Azerbaijan - National Assembly IPU
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