1998 Azerbaijani presidential election

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Nominee  | Heydar Aliyev | Etibar Mammadov |
Party  | New Azerbaijan | AMİP
Popular vote  | 2,556,059 | 389,662
Percentage  | 77.61% | 11.83%

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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 received 78% of the vote. Voter turnout was reported to be 79%.[2]

The election occurred under the context in which Heydar Aliyev had cemented "complete political control" of Azerbaijan, as his party controlled the legislature and the state dominated the media.[3] The main opposition parties in Azerbaijan boycotted the election with the exception of Etibar Mammadov.[3] Election monitors noted that there was a ballot stuffing and allegations of fabricated vote counts.[3] After the election, Mammadov appealed the election to Azerbaijan's Supreme Court, which rejected his appeal.[3]

An independent assessment of the vote put the outcome at 50-60% for Aliyev and 25% for Mammadov.[3]

## Results[edit]

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Heydar Aliyev| New Azerbaijan Party| 2,556,059| 77.61
| Etibar Mammadov| Azerbaijan National Independence Party| 389,662| 11.83
| Nizami Suleymanov| Independent Azerbaijan Party| 270,709| 8.22
| Firudin Hasanov| Azerbaijan Communist Party| 29,244| 0.89
| Ashraf Mehdiyev| Endeavour Party| 28,809| 0.87
| Khanhuseyn Kazimli| Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party| 8,254| 0.25
Against all| 10,910| 0.33
Total| 3,293,647| 100.00
Valid votes| 3,293,647| 98.07
Invalid/blank votes| 64,818| 1.93
Total votes| 3,358,465| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 4,255,717| 78.92
Source: Nohlen et al.

## References[edit]

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
3. ^ a b c d e Altstadt, Audrey L. (2017). Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan. Columbia University Press. pp. 71–73. doi:10.7312/alts70456. ISBN 978-0-231-70456-4.

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