Azerbaijani presidential election, 1998

Azerbaijani presidential election, 1998

11 October 1998

Nominee Heydar Aliyev Etibar Mammadov Party New Azerbaijan Party Azerbaijan National Independence Party Popular vote 2,556,059 389,662 Percentage 77.6% 11.8%

President before election Heydar Aliyev New Azerbaijan Party Elected President Heydar Aliyev New Azerbaijan Party

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 won 77.6% of the vote. Voter turnout was reported to be 78.9%.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Heydar Aliyev	New Azerbaijan Party	2,556,059	77.6
Etibar Mammadov	Azerbaijan National Independence Party	389,662	11.8
Nizami Suleymanov	Independent Azerbaijan Party	270,709	8.2
Firudin Hasanov	Azerbaijan Communist Party	29,244	0.9
Ashraf Mehdiyev	Endeavour Party	28,809	0.9
Khanhuseyn Kazimli	Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party	8,254	0.3
None of the above		10,910	0.3
Invalid/blank votes		64,818	–
Total		3,358,465	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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