1998 Azerbaijani presidential election

none Azerbaijan 1991 presidential 1993 Azerbaijani presidential election 1993 2003 Azerbaijani presidential election 2003 11 October 1998 Heydar Aliyev 1997 (cropped).jpg Heydar Aliyev New Azerbaijan Party 2,556,059 77.61% Etibar Mammadov in 2017 (cropped).png Etibar Mammadov Azerbaijan National Independence Party 389,662 11.83% President Heydar Aliyev New Azerbaijan Party Heydar Aliyev New Azerbaijan Party Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 11 October 1998.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p357 0-19-924958-X 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%.Nohlen et al., p364 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.Altstadt Audrey L. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/alts70456 Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan 2017 Columbia University Press 978-0-231-70456-4 71-73 10.7312/alts70456 The main opposition parties in Azerbaijan boycotted the election with the exception of Etibar Mammadov. Election monitors noted ballot stuffing and allegations of fabricated vote counts. After the election, Mammadov challenged the election before Azerbaijan's Supreme Court, which rejected his appeal. An independent assessment of the vote put the outcome at 50-60% for Aliyev and 25% for Mammadov. Results Heydar Aliyev New Azerbaijan Party 2556059 Etibar Mammadov Azerbaijan National Independence Party 389662 Nizami Süleymanov az Independent Azerbaijan Party 270709 Firudin Hasanov az Firudun Həsənov Azerbaijan Communist Party 29244 Ashraf Mehdiyev az Əşrəf Mehdiyev Endeavour Party 28809 Khanhuseyn Kazimli Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party 8254 Against all 10910 64818 4255717 Nohlen et al. References Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Presidential Category:Presidential elections in Azerbaijan