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searchaux" style="display:none">Presidential Elections held in 2013 in Azerbaijan, considered rigged</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/75px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/100px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2008_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="2008 Azerbaijani presidential election">2008</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>9 October 2013<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2013-10-09</span>)</span></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2018_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="2018 Azerbaijani presidential election">2018</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">71.62%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0075C1;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ilham_Aliyev_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_juin_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Ilham_Aliyev_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_juin_2014.jpg/100px-Ilham_Aliyev_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_juin_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Ilham_Aliyev_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_juin_2014.jpg/150px-Ilham_Aliyev_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_juin_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Ilham_Aliyev_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_juin_2014.jpg/200px-Ilham_Aliyev_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_juin_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2556" data-file-height="3834" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFDEAD"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C9%99mil_H%C9%99s%C9%99nli_(06.08.2014).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/C%C9%99mil_H%C9%99s%C9%99nli_%2806.08.2014%29.jpg/124px-C%C9%99mil_H%C9%99s%C9%99nli_%2806.08.2014%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/C%C9%99mil_H%C9%99s%C9%99nli_%2806.08.2014%29.jpg/187px-C%C9%99mil_H%C9%99s%C9%99nli_%2806.08.2014%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/C%C9%99mil_H%C9%99s%C9%99nli_%2806.08.2014%29.jpg/249px-C%C9%99mil_H%C9%99s%C9%99nli_%2806.08.2014%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="406" data-file-height="489" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jamil_Hasanli" title="Jamil Hasanli">Jamil Hasanli</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party">New Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Democratic_Forces" title="National Council of Democratic Forces">NCDF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>3,126,113</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">204,642 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>84.54%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5.53% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_2008,_2013,_and_2018_Azerbaijani_presidential_elections.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Map_of_2008%2C_2013%2C_and_2018_Azerbaijani_presidential_elections.png/300px-Map_of_2008%2C_2013%2C_and_2018_Azerbaijani_presidential_elections.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Map_of_2008%2C_2013%2C_and_2018_Azerbaijani_presidential_elections.png/450px-Map_of_2008%2C_2013%2C_and_2018_Azerbaijani_presidential_elections.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Map_of_2008%2C_2013%2C_and_2018_Azerbaijani_presidential_elections.png/600px-Map_of_2008%2C_2013%2C_and_2018_Azerbaijani_presidential_elections.png 2x" data-file-width="2110" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span><div>Results by constituency<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1D75B9; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_Azerbaijan" title="President of Azerbaijan">President</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party">New Azerbaijan</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected <a href="/wiki/President_of_Azerbaijan" title="President of Azerbaijan">President</a></b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party">New Azerbaijan</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Presidential elections were held in <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> on 9 October 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result was a victory for incumbent President <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a>, who received a reported 85% of the vote, whilst leading <a href="/wiki/Opposition_(politics)" title="Opposition (politics)">opposition</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Jamil_Hasanli" title="Jamil Hasanli">Jamil Hasanli</a> finished second with a reported 6% of the vote. </p><p>The elections were marred by claims of irregularities; official results were accidentally released by the government's Central Election Commission through a <a href="/wiki/Mobile_app" title="Mobile app">mobile app</a> before voting began, giving incumbent Aliyev a victory with 73% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_oops_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo_oops-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commission later recalled the results, claiming that they were taken from the <a href="/wiki/2008_Azerbaijani_presidential_election" title="2008 Azerbaijani presidential election">2008 elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_oops_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo_oops-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The claim was disputed, given that the results accidentally released included the candidates from the 2013 elections,<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_oops_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo_oops-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that the percentages differed from the 2008 results. </p><p>Opposition candidates were imprisoned and repressed in the lead-up to the elections, which led the <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="European Court of Human Rights">European Court of Human Rights</a> to issue a judgment against the Aliyev regime.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Aliyev regime put up numerous non-genuine candidates to confuse voters and dilute support for opposition candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Freedom of speech was restricted prior to the elections.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/OSCE" class="mw-redirect" title="OSCE">OSCE</a> monitors reported candidate and voter intimidation and a restrictive media environment, including arrests and the use of force against journalists and activists. 92% of the coverage on the six main TV channels were dedicated to the incumbent president.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Azerbaijani_presidential_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All previous elections in Azerbaijan observed by <a href="/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe" title="Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe">OSCE</a> fell short of meeting international standards.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, an amendment was made to the <a href="/wiki/2009_Azerbaijani_constitutional_referendum" title="2009 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum">Constitution of Azerbaijan</a>, which abolished the limit of two consecutive presidential terms and allowed incumbent Aliyev, who had already served for two terms, to run for president for unlimited number of times.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The constitutional amendment was condemned by the <a href="/wiki/Venice_Commission" title="Venice Commission">Venice Commission</a> of the Council of Europe, which stated that "the abolition of existing limits preventing the unlimited re-election of a President is a step back, in terms of democratic achievements".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The amendment was also criticized by the Azerbaijani opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the basis of the amendment in 2013 Ilham Aliyev ran for president for the third time. </p><p>After his visit to Azerbaijan the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Jean-Claude Mignon called on the authorities to fully respect their obligations.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, overall, in 2013 elections the <a href="/wiki/Central_Election_Commission_(Azerbaijan)" title="Central Election Commission (Azerbaijan)">Central Election Commission</a> (CEC) demonstrated efficiency in administrative preparations for the elections and observed the legal deadlines.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidates">Candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Azerbaijani_presidential_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Azerbaijan_President_Elections_2013_bulletin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Azerbaijan_President_Elections_2013_bulletin.jpg/220px-Azerbaijan_President_Elections_2013_bulletin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Azerbaijan_President_Elections_2013_bulletin.jpg/330px-Azerbaijan_President_Elections_2013_bulletin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Azerbaijan_President_Elections_2013_bulletin.jpg/440px-Azerbaijan_President_Elections_2013_bulletin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Bulletin for election in the voting cabin</figcaption></figure> <p>On 7 June 2013 the <a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party">New Azerbaijan Party</a> nominated incumbent President <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> as their official presidential candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MP Mubariz Gurbanli announced that according to the Election Code of Azerbaijan Republic, the party had not only filled its signature requirements but could get more than the minimum 40,000 required signatures. He said: "The signature lists have been ready for already 4-5 days, but they can be submitted to the <a href="/wiki/Central_Election_Commission_(Azerbaijan)" title="Central Election Commission (Azerbaijan)">Central Election Commission</a> (CEC) starting from 20 August, that is, 50 days before the elections under the legislation. So, our employees will submit the signature lists to CEC tomorrow. Under the law, the CEC will issue a document confirming the candidate’s participation in the elections after it reviews them."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the meantime, playwright <a href="/wiki/Rustam_Ibragimbekov" class="mw-redirect" title="Rustam Ibragimbekov">Rustam Ibragimbekov</a> was chosen as the leader of the newly created National Council of Democratic Forces. The NCDF brought together main opposition forces, including <a href="/wiki/Musavat" title="Musavat">Musavat</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Popular_Front_Party" title="Azerbaijani Popular Front Party">Azerbaijani Popular Front Party</a>, Open Society, Forum of Intellectuals. The alliance set as its main goal the "peaceful transition to democracy."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ibragimbekov was denied registration by the CEC because he "along with the citizenship of Azerbaijan, also of Russian citizenship and his commitment to the Russian Federation."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late August, the united opposition picked historian <a href="/wiki/Jamil_Hasanli" title="Jamil Hasanli">Jamil Hasanli</a> as its candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the rally on 28 September 2013, Hasanli called on people to vote for him to "end the dictatorship of one family in Azerbaijan."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A day before the election, main opposition candidate <a href="/wiki/Jamil_Hasanli" title="Jamil Hasanli">Jamil Hasanli</a> stated that he is "running in this election with the paramount aim of ending 20 years of the Aliyev dynasty's misrule of my country, and restoring Azerbaijani democracy."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conduct">Conduct</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Azerbaijani_presidential_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Conduct"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An official <a href="/wiki/Smartphone_app" class="mw-redirect" title="Smartphone app">smartphone app</a> run by the <a href="/wiki/Central_Election_Commission_(Azerbaijan)" title="Central Election Commission (Azerbaijan)">Central Election Commission</a> (CEC) inadvertently released final election results a day before polls had opened. The results showed <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> having won with 72.76% of the recorded votes, while the nearest opposing candidate, <a href="/wiki/Jamil_Hasanli" title="Jamil Hasanli">Jamil Hasanli</a>, tallied just 7.4%. The data was recalled, with an official claim that the app's developer had mistakenly tested the app with the 2008 election results, but the data released did not match the voter totals nor percentages of the previous election.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wapo_oops_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo_oops-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-eurasianet_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eurasianet-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 October 2013, Hasanli called for the results to be annulled due to alleged vote-rigging, claiming the elections were not free and fair because of electoral fraud and government control of all television channels.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Azerbaijani_presidential_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Candidate</th><th scope="col">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0075C1"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/New_Azerbaijan_Party" title="New Azerbaijan Party">New Azerbaijan Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,126,113</td><td style="text-align:right">84.54</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFDEAD"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jamil_Hasanli" title="Jamil Hasanli">Jamil Hasanli</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Democratic_Forces" title="National Council of Democratic Forces">National Council of Democratic Forces</a></td><td style="text-align:right">204,642</td><td style="text-align:right">5.53</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFDF00"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Igbal_Aghazade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Igbal Aghazade (page does not exist)">Igbal Aghazade</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0qbal_A%C4%9Fazad%C9%99" class="extiw" title="az:İqbal Ağazadə">az</a>]</span></td><td><a href="/wiki/Party_of_Hope_(Azerbaijan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Party of Hope (Azerbaijan)">Party of Hope</a></td><td style="text-align:right">88,723</td><td style="text-align:right">2.40</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#003399"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Gudrat_Gasanguliev" title="Gudrat Gasanguliev">Gudrat Gasanguliev</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Whole_Azerbaijan_Popular_Front_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party">Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">73,702</td><td style="text-align:right">1.99</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Zahid_Oruj" title="Zahid Oruj">Zahid Oruj</a></td><td>Independent</td><td style="text-align:right">53,839</td><td style="text-align:right">1.46</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#C20403"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C4%B0lyas_%C4%B0smay%C4%B1lov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="İlyas İsmayılov (page does not exist)">İlyas İsmayılov</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0lyas_%C4%B0smay%C4%B1lov" class="extiw" title="az:İlyas İsmayılov">az</a>]</span></td><td><a href="/wiki/Justice_Party_(Azerbaijan)" title="Justice Party (Azerbaijan)">Justice Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">39,722</td><td style="text-align:right">1.07</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:red"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Araz_Alizadeh" title="Araz Alizadeh">Araz Alizadeh</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Social_Democratic_Party" title="Azerbaijani Social Democratic Party">Azerbaijani Social Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">32,069</td><td style="text-align:right">0.87</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#CC0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Faraj_Guliyev" title="Faraj Guliyev">Faraj Guliyev</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/National_Revival_Movement_Party" title="National Revival Movement Party">National Revival Movement Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">31,926</td><td style="text-align:right">0.86</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hafiz_Hac%C4%B1yev&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hafiz Hacıyev (page does not exist)">Hafiz Hacıyev</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafiz_Hac%C4%B1yev" class="extiw" title="az:Hafiz Hacıyev">az</a>]</span></td><td><a href="/wiki/Modern_Equality_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Equality Party">Modern Equality Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">24,461</td><td style="text-align:right">0.66</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FBFB07"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sardar_Jalaloglu" title="Sardar Jalaloglu">Sardar Jalaloglu</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan Democratic Party">Azerbaijan Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">22,773</td><td style="text-align:right">0.62</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="3">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">3,697,970</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="5" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>3,697,970</td><td>99.02</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>36,622</td><td>0.98</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>3,734,592</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>5,214,787</td><td>71.62</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="5" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.msk.gov.az/uploads/protokollar/CEC_protocol_2013.pdf">CEC</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reactions">Reactions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Azerbaijani_presidential_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>International organizations</dt></dl> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_Council_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Council_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_Council_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Council_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_Council_of_Europe.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Council_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="410" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a> — The <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Assembly_of_the_Council_of_Europe" title="Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe">Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe</a> short-term (4 days) delegation in the statement issued jointly with the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> said that "overall around election day we have observed a free, fair and transparent electoral process." It did note, however, there was "[a lack of] respect [for] fundamental freedoms during the months before the election." and the election was "far from perfect."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/OSCE_logo.svg/23px-OSCE_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/OSCE_logo.svg/35px-OSCE_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/OSCE_logo.svg/46px-OSCE_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="815" data-file-height="253" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe" title="Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe">Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe</a> /<a href="/wiki/Office_for_Democratic_Institutions_and_Human_Rights" title="Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights">Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights</a>— The OSCE/ODIHR observation mission, which consisted of 13 Baku-based international experts and 30 long-term observers,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> criticized the electoral process in their conclusions saying that it "was undermined by limitations on the freedoms of expression, assembly, and association that did not guarantee a level playing field for candidates."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The head of mission stated that their "observers received allegations of intimidation, witnessed even physical attacks on journalists in the lead up to an election day, which we found seriously flawed."<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> The Statement made by the <a href="/wiki/High_Representative_of_the_Union_for_Foreign_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs">EU High Representative and Security Policy</a> <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Ashton" title="Catherine Ashton">Catherine Ashton</a> and Commissioner <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0tefan_F%C3%BCle" title="Štefan Füle">Štefan Füle</a> on Presidential elections in Azerbaijan stressed the results of the OSCE/ODIHR observation mission, "the OSCE/ODIHR's preliminary conclusions state that significant problems were observed throughout all stages of election day processes, and identify serious shortcomings"<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>States</dt></dl> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> — The State Department said that the election "fell short of international standards." The statement, which aligned with the position of the OSCE/ODIHR, also named the procedural irregularities such as 1) ballot box stuffing; 2) serious problems with vote counting; and 3) failure to record the number of received ballots. "Leading up to election day, the Government of Azerbaijan also maintained a repressive political environment. Authorities interfered with the media and civil society routinely, sometimes violently interrupted peaceful rallies and meetings before and occasionally during the campaign period, and jailed a number of opposition and youth activists."<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> — Senator <a href="/wiki/Thani_Mohamed_Soilihi" title="Thani Mohamed Soilihi">Thani Mohamed Soilihi</a>, who observed the election, said that he does not "see any difference in the election processes of our countries [France and Azerbaijan]."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> — Turkish Government fully congratulated <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a>.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> — Russian President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> congratulated Ilham Aliyev and called the election "fair and stable".</li></ul> <p>Azerbaijani officials have bashed those who criticizes their elections. The Chief of Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan <a href="/wiki/Ramiz_Mehdiyev" title="Ramiz Mehdiyev">Ramiz Mehdiyev</a>, accused the US officials in recommending them to rig the elections to show that the incumbent President Ilham Aliyev was winning with 75% of the votes and to give 25% to the opposition candidate, to make it look believable.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_scandal">International scandal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Azerbaijani_presidential_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: International scandal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The controversial assessments by the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Assembly_of_the_Council_of_Europe" title="Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe">Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe</a>/<a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> and <a href="/wiki/Office_for_Democratic_Institutions_and_Human_Rights" title="Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights">OSCE/ODIHR</a> sparked a major scandal, as for the first time the reports of these authoritative European organizations openly contradicted one other.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further, many European experts and parliamentarians, among them also deputies of the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>, harshly criticized the reports of the European Parliament and PACE as being biased.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Socialist Group in the European Parliament has distanced itself from the words of the observer mission EP / PACE, stating that the differences between the findings of the delegation of parliamentarians and the OSCE are so far away that it cannot be supported at all.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Greens/EFA Group of the European Parliament said that they do not endorse the statements made by the EP delegation. The Green foreign affairs spokesperson Werner Schulz said, </p> <blockquote><p>The shortcomings of EP's own election observation mission to Azerbaijan call into question the existence of such short-term missions in general... The European Parliament loses credibility with statements ignoring the reality of the situation in the country. A handful of MEPs are endangering the European Parliament's reputation in fighting for human rights, democracy and rule of law.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The <a href="/wiki/European_Stability_Initiative" title="European Stability Initiative">European Stability Initiative</a> (ESI) think tank has published a detailed report on observation missions participating in Azerbaijani elections 2013 titled "Disgraced: Azerbaijan and the end of election monitoring as we know it". The report, which was the third one of its kind on Azerbaijan issued by ESI,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> highlighted the drawbacks of international short-term observer missions, bringing up facts on that many election observers were either bribed by the Azerbaijani government or had some other vested interest in praising the fraudulent elections.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other attempts to investigate the sources of funding of the organizations that observed the elections in Azerbaijan, have proved to be futile, which further reinforced the suspicion that their "experts" were funded by Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Azerbaijani_presidential_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 12 October around 4,000 people protested against the election results. About ten protesters were arrested, while others were beaten.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Azerbaijani_presidential_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1938_Azerbaijani_Supreme_Soviet_election" title="1938 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_Azerbaijani_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Azerbaijani_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_Azerbaijani_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_Azerbaijani_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_Azerbaijani_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_Azerbaijani_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_Azerbaijani_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_Azerbaijani_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_Azerbaijani_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1980 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985_Azerbaijani_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Azerbaijani_Supreme_Soviet_election" title="1990 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Azerbaijani_parliamentary_election" title="1995–96 Azerbaijani parliamentary election">1995–96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Azerbaijani_parliamentary_election" title="2000–01 Azerbaijani parliamentary election">2000–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Azerbaijani_parliamentary_election" title="2005 Azerbaijani parliamentary election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Azerbaijani_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Azerbaijani parliamentary election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Azerbaijani_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Azerbaijani parliamentary election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Azerbaijani_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Azerbaijani_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Azerbaijani parliamentary election">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Assembly_(Nakhchivan)" title="Supreme Assembly (Nakhchivan)">Supreme Assembly of Nakhchivan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Nakhchivan_Supreme_Assembly_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Nakhchivan Supreme Assembly election (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Nakhchivan_Supreme_Assembly_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2000 Nakhchivan Supreme Assembly election (page does not exist)">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_Nakhchivan_Supreme_Assembly_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2005 Nakhchivan Supreme Assembly election (page does not exist)">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Nakhchivan_Supreme_Assembly_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2010 Nakhchivan Supreme Assembly election (page does not exist)">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Nakhchivan_Supreme_Assembly_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2015 Nakhchivan Supreme Assembly election (page does not exist)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_Nakhchivan_Supreme_Assembly_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2020 Nakhchivan Supreme Assembly election (page does not exist)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_Nakhchivan_Supreme_Assembly_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 Nakhchivan Supreme Assembly election (page does not exist)"><i>2024</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Municipal elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Azerbaijani_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 Azerbaijani municipal elections (page does not exist)">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Azerbaijani_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Azerbaijani municipal elections (page does not exist)">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Azerbaijani_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 Azerbaijani municipal elections (page does not exist)">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Azerbaijani_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2019 Azerbaijani municipal elections (page does not exist)">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Referendums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_Azerbaijani_independence_referendum" title="1991 Azerbaijani independence referendum">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Azerbaijani_vote_of_confidence_referendum" title="1993 Azerbaijani vote of confidence referendum">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Azerbaijani_constitutional_referendum" title="1995 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Azerbaijani_constitutional_referendum" title="2002 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Azerbaijani_constitutional_referendum" title="2009 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Azerbaijani_constitutional_referendum" title="2016 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum">2016</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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