2005 Azerbaijani parliamentary election

none Azerbaijan 1991 2000–01 2010 6 November 2005 All 125 seats in the National Assembly 63 yes New Azerbaijan Party Ilham Aliyev 61 75 Musavat Isa Gambar 5 2 Civic Solidarity Party Sabir Rustamkhanli 3 3 Motherland Party (Azerbaijan) Fazail Agamali 2 1 Azerbaijan Hope Party İqbal Ağazadə az 1 new Justice Party (Azerbaijan) Ilyas Ismayilov 1 new Democratic Reforms Party Asim Mollazadə az #30309A 1 new Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party Gudrat Gasanguliev 1 new Great Order Party Fazil Mustafa 1 new Civic Unity Party (Azerbaijan) Sabir Hacıyev az Sabir Hacıyev (siyasətçi) 1 new Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party Xanhüseyn Kazımlı 1 1 Azerbaijani Popular Front Party Ali Karimli 1 6 Independents – 46 30 Speaker Murtuz Alasgarov Ogtay Asadov Parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on 6 November 2005. The ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) won 61 of the 125 seats in the National Assembly. The elections were not free and fair.2005 Azerbaijan Parliamentary Elections 2005: Summary https://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/eca/azerbaijan1005/1.htm www.hrw.org Opposition parties were intimidated during the election, campaign workers for opposition parties were imprisoned, and there were allegations of vote-rigging.Azeri ruling party 'wins' polls BBC News, 7 November 2005 The coverage by media, whether state-run or private, was overwhelmingly pro-government. Dissident media stations were shut down and journalists were repressed. Freedom of assembly was restricted, preventing opposition parties from holding rallies. Workers were threatened with dismissal unless they voted for the incumbent government. In 2010, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Aliyev regime had engaged in electoral fraud.2010-04-09 European Court Finds Azerbaijan Guilty Of Election Fraud en Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty https://www.rferl.org/a/European_Court_Finds_Azerbaijan_Guilty_Of_Election_Fraud_/2007281.html 2024-01-01 Conduct Human Rights Watch expressed concern about widespread intimidation of opposition supporters ahead of the elections, saying that the elections could not be free or fair under such conditions.Azerbaijan: Run-Up to Election Not Free or Fair Human Rights Watch, 31 October 2005 Several opposition leaders were arrested two days before the elections.Azeri opposition leaders arrested BBC News, 5 NOvember 2005 ARTICLE 19 said Azerbaijani authorities were responsible for the violent harassment of journalists covering opposition rallies, frequent attacks and forced closure of independent media outlets, and widespread abuse of state and local resources in favour of pro-government candidates.ARTICLE 19 calls on government to prove its commitment to free and fair elections https://web.archive.org/web/20060624030947/http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/70230/ 2006-06-24 International Freedom of Expression eXchange, 4 November 2005 The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe reported that the vote counting process was "bad or very bad in 43 per cent of counts observed."Azerbaijan elections under close scrutiny Relief Web, 8 November 2005 However, observers from the Commonwealth of Independent States claimed the irregularities "were not of mass character and did not have [an] impact on the free expression of voters' will". The opposition had hoped for another color revolution, but analysts doubted this would happen. Movements like Yox!, Yeni Fikir or Meqam were not yet ready for revolution according to Emin Huseynov, founder of Meqam.Weder orange noch rosarot Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 6 November 2005 Results The Central Election Commission reported, with 28% of votes counted, 62% win for the NAP, 3% for the Equality Party, 1% for the APFP, 2% for independent candidates and 2% each for two other small parties. These results were contradicted by a Mitofsky International and Edison Media Research poll which predicted the NAP going from 75 to 56 seats in the 125-member assembly, with the Azadliq bloc winning 12 seats.Adventure In Baku: Exit-Polling Azerbaijan, NCPPPoll Stir, QBS The Election Commission ruled that the results in four districts were invalid and the Constitutional Court annulled the results in a further six. There was a re-run in the ten districts on 13 May 2006 in which the New Azerbaijan Party won five seats, the Justice Party one, the Civic Solidarity Party one and independents three. File:Azerbaijan National Assembly 2005.svg New Azerbaijan Party 61 –14 Musavat 5 +3 Civic Solidarity Party 2 –1 Motherland Party 2 +1 Azerbaijan Hope Party 1 New Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party 1 0 Justice Party 1 New Democratic Reforms Party 1 New Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party 1 New Great Order Party 1 New Civic Unity Party 1 New Azerbaijani Popular Front Party 1 –5 Azerbaijan Democrat Party 0 0 Independents 46 +16 Annulled 1 – 0 CNIS, CAD References Category:Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Parliamentary Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results