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.
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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
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 | 1,340,765 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |||||
References
- "2014–2015 ELECTIONS CALENDAR". National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- Electoral system IPU
- Azerbaijan votes in parliamentary elections amid boycott BBC News, 1 November 2015
- Azerbaijani CEC annuls election results for one constituency Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine News.az, 17 November 2015
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