Azerbaijani presidential election, 1998

Azerbaijani presidential election, 1998
11 October 1998

 
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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Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 11 October 1998.[1] The result was a victory for Heydar Aliyev of the New Azerbaijan Party, who won 77.6% of the vote. Voter turnout was reported to be 78.9%.[2]

Results

Candidate Party Votes %
Heydar AliyevNew Azerbaijan Party2,556,05977.6
Etibar MammadovAzerbaijan National Independence Party389,66211.8
Nizami SuleymanovIndependent Azerbaijan Party270,7098.2
Firudin HasanovAzerbaijan Communist Party29,2440.9
Ashraf MehdiyevEndeavour Party28,8090.9
Khanhuseyn KazimliAzerbaijan Social Prosperity Party8,2540.3
None of the above10,9100.3
Invalid/blank votes64,818–
Total3,358,465100
Source: Nohlen et al.

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
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