1998 Azerbaijani presidential election
11 October 1998
 
Nominee Heydar Aliyev Etibar Mammadov
Party New Azerbaijan AMİP
Popular vote 2,556,059 389,662
Percentage 77.61% 11.83%
President before election

Heydar Aliyev
New Azerbaijan

 Elected President

Heydar Aliyev
New Azerbaijan

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 received 78% of the vote. Voter turnout was reported to be 79%.[2]

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.[3] The main opposition parties in Azerbaijan boycotted the election with the exception of Etibar Mammadov.[3] Election monitors noted that there was a ballot stuffing and allegations of fabricated vote counts.[3] After the election, Mammadov appealed the election to Azerbaijan's Supreme Court, which rejected his appeal.[3]

An independent assessment of the vote put the outcome at 50-60% for Aliyev and 25% for Mammadov.[3]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Heydar AliyevNew Azerbaijan Party2,556,05977.61
Etibar MammadovAzerbaijan National Independence Party389,66211.83
Nizami SuleymanovIndependent Azerbaijan Party270,7098.22
Firudin HasanovAzerbaijan Communist Party29,2440.89
Ashraf MehdiyevEndeavour Party28,8090.87
Khanhuseyn KazimliAzerbaijan Social Prosperity Party8,2540.25
Against all10,9100.33
Total3,293,647100.00
Valid votes3,293,64798.07
Invalid/blank votes64,8181.93
Total votes3,358,465100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,255,71778.92
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
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Altstadt, Audrey L. (2017). Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan. Columbia University Press. pp. 71–73. doi:10.7312/alts70456. ISBN 978-0-231-70456-4.
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