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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on 9 February 2020. [1] They were originally scheduled to take place in November 2020, [2] but were brought forward after parliament was dissolved in December 2019. [1] Opposition parties accused President Ilham Aliyev of limiting their ability to campaign and called for a boycott of the election.
The ruling New Azerbaijan Party retained its majority, winning 72 of the 125 seats, although this was later reduced to 70 when results in two constituencies were annulled. The second largest party (the Civic Solidarity Party) won only three seats.
The 125 members of the National Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system. [3]
A total of 1,314 candidates contested the elections; 1,057 ran as independents, with 246 running as candidates of 19 different parties and 11 as nominees of initiative groups. [4]
Although a significant part of the opposition boycotted the elections, some parties (e.g. Musavat) announced that they would participate. [5] [6]
The New Azerbaijan Party was initially reported to have won 72 seats, with 43 taken by independents. [7] However, the results in four constituencies were later annulled by the Election Commission, [8] with the New Azerbaijan Party and independents both losing two seats.
Erkin Gadirli of the Republican Alternative Party won a seat running as an independent. [9]
Razi Nurullayev, the chairman of the spitter group from Azerbaijani Popular Front Party won a seat running as an independent.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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New Azerbaijan Party | 70 | +1 | |||
Civic Solidarity Party | 3 | +1 | |||
Motherland Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Great Order Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Democratic Reforms Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Unity Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Civic Unity Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Azerbaijan Democratic Enlightenment Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party | 0 | –1 | |||
National Revival Movement Party | 0 | –1 | |||
Azerbaijani Social Democratic Party | 0 | –1 | |||
Independents | 41 | –2 | |||
Invalidated | 4 | – | |||
Total | 125 | 0 | |||
Total votes | 2,510,135 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 5,359,015 | 46.84 | |||
Source: MSK IPU |
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