1992 Azerbaijani presidential election

none Azerbaijan 1991 presidential 1991 Azerbaijani presidential election 1991 1993 Azerbaijani presidential election 1993 7 June 1992 Abulfaz Elchibey in 2000.jpg Abulfaz Elchibey Azerbaijani Popular Front Party 1,829,448 60.87% C71585 Nizami Suleymanov DUIA 1,017,217 33.84% President Isa Gambar Musavat Party Abulfaz Elchibey Azerbaijani Popular Front Party Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 7 June 1992.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p357 0-19-924958-X The elections were the first in Azerbaijan in more than seventy years not held under communist control and featured the unprecedented use of television, posters, and other media by multiple candidates to communicate platforms and solicit votes.Curtis, Glenn E. https://countrystudies.us/azerbaijan/30.htm Azerbaijan: Government and Politics:The Presidential Election of 1992 1995 U.S. Country Studies, Library of Congress 31 August 2008 The candidates included Azerbaijani Popular Front Party leader Abulfaz Elchibey, former parliament speaker Yaqub Mamedov, Movement for Democratic Reforms leader and Minister of Justice Ilyas Ismayilov, National Democratic Group leader Rafig Abdullayev, and Union of Democratic Intelligentsia candidate Nizami Suleymanov. Two other candidates, representing the Azerbaijan National Independence Party and the Popular Front Party, withdrew from the race during the campaign. Elchibey received 61% of the more than three million votes cast. The runner-up, Nizami Suleymanov, received a surprising 34% of the vote by promising Azerbaijanis instant wealth and victory in Nagorno-Karabakh. No other candidate received more than 5% of the vote. The election of Elchibey, a Soviet dissident who had been imprisoned by the KGB in the 1970s, signaled a break in Communist Party dominance of Azerbaijani politics. The elections have since been described as the only competitive election in Azerbaijan's post-Soviet history.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 Karen Electoral system To register, each candidate had to collect at least 20,000 signatures and present them to the Central Election Commission. Heydar Aliyev was unable to run because of a constitutional provision barring candidates over sixty-five years of age. Campaign During the campaign, Elchibey pledged to implement constitutional, economic, and cultural reforms. His top domestic policy priorities, the creation of a national army and a national currency backed by gold reserves, were seen as necessary elements for national sovereignty. Etibar Mammadov, Elchibey's main rival in the polls, dropped out of the race a few days before the election, calling for rule by a coalition government and the postponement of balloting until Azerbaijan's active conflict with Armenia ended. Results Abulfaz Elchibey Azerbaijani Popular Front Party 1829448 Nizami Suleymanov Democratic Union of the Intelligentsia of Azerbaijan 1017217 #C71585 Yaqub Mamedov Independent 51144 Ilyas Ismayilov Social Movement for Democratic Reform in Azerbaijan 20216 Rafig Abdullayev People's Republic Party 15646 Against all 72099 90707 Nohlen et al. Aftermath Despite the new president's intentions, the war in Nagorno-Karabakh dominated politics, and Elchibey and his party steadily lost influence and popular appeal because of continual military losses, a worsening economy, political stalemate, and government corruption. References Category:Presidential elections in Azerbaijan President Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results