1995–96 Azerbaijani parliamentary election

none Azerbaijan 1991 1990 2000–01 12 November 1995 All 125 seats in the National Assembly 63 New Azerbaijan Party Heydar Aliyev 62.7 53 new Azerbaijani Popular Front Party Abulfaz Elchibey 9.7 4 45 Azerbaijan National Independence Party Etibar Mammadov 9.3 4 new ADSP Mahmud Məmmədov #0E4C0E 4.0 2 new Motherland Party (Azerbaijan) Fazail Agamali 4.0 1 new ADİP Mubariz Gurbanli #FFCC01 3.0 2 new Azerbaijan Democratic Enlightenment Party Məmmədhənifə Musayev 1.2 1 new Musavat Isa Gambar – 1 new Civic Solidarity Party Sabir Rustamkhanli – 1 new Independents – – 55 15 Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Rasul Guliyev Speaker of the National Assembly after Rasul Guliyev Parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on 12 November 1995, with a second round on 26 November.Azerbaijan: Parliamentary Chamber: Milli Mejlis: Elections held in 1995 Inter-Parliamentary Union However, the results in 15 constituencies were declared invalid due to fraud, with fresh elections held on 4 February 1996.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p357 0-19-924958-X The elections were characterized by substantial irregularities.Altstadt Audrey L. Azerbaijan's struggle toward democracy 1997 https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/conflict-cleavage-and-change-in-central-asia-and-the-caucasus/azerbaijans-struggle-toward-democracy/4973616DA6867A781E2FE7C3D4DB96B7 Conflict, Cleavage, and Change in Central Asia and the Caucasus 110–155 Parrott Bruce Democratization and Authoritarianism in Post-Communist Societies Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-59731-9 Dawisha KarenOttaway Marina https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1mtz6c5 Democracy Challenged: The Rise of Semi-Authoritarianism 2003 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 978-0-87003-195-3 59 10.2307/j.ctt1mtz6c5 j.ctt1mtz6c5 1996 Election Watch https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/697484 Journal of Democracy 7 1 1086-3214 In the lead-up to the elections, the authoritarian regime of Heydar Aliyev (who headed the New Azerbaijan Party) banned Musavat, the major opposition party, from being on the ballot.1996 Azerbajain https://www.hrw.org/reports/1996/WR96/Helsinki-03.htm 2024-01-01 www.hrw.org The government alleged that Musavat had falsified 5,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot. By election day, eight parties were on the ballot, five of which were pro-government. 60% of candidates in single-member constituencies had been removed from the ballot.Cornell Svante E. https://books.google.com/books?id=4aZzCQAAQBAJ Azerbaijan Since Independence 2015 Routledge 978-1-317-47620-7 91 en Election monitors noted that there was ballot stuffing. The final result was a victory for the New Azerbaijan Party, which won 53 of the 125 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 86%. Under the electoral law introduced prior to the election, 100 of the seats in parliament were elected in single-member districts, while the remaining 25 were elected by party list proportional representation. Results File:Azerbaijan National Assembly 1995.svg Proportional Constituency New Azerbaijan Party 2228435 62.7 19 34 53 Azerbaijani Popular Front Party 346092 9.7 3 1 4 Azerbaijan National Independence Party 331865 9.3 3 1 4 Azerbaijan Democratic Entrepreneurs Party 142343 4.0 0 2 2 #0E4C0E Motherland Party 140821 4.0 0 1 1 Azerbaijan Democratic Independence Party 106782 3.0 0 2 2 #FFCC01 Azerbaijan Democratic Enlightenment Party 43259 1.2 0 1 1 Alliance Party for the Sake of Azerbaijan 30811 0.9 0 0 0 Musavat 1 1 Civic Solidarity Party 1 1 Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party 0 0 Independents 55 55 Vacant 1 1 None of the above 3415635 140642 4132600 0 Nohlen et al. (votes), National Assembly (seats) References Category:Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Parliamentary Parliamentary Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results