Preliminary Results: Ilham Aliyev Wins 86% of Votes In Presidential Election

The Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Maszahir Panahov has announced that the incumbent President Ilham Aliyev won 86% of the vote in the Azerbaijani presidential elections according to the votes counted in 5,201 polling stations yesterday. 

Azerbaijan held the presidential election on April 11 with eight registered candidates. Six were nominated by political parties, one was a self-nominee and another was nominated by an initiative group.

“Chairman of the Popular Front Party of All Azerbaijan, Gudrat Hasanguliyev, has garnered 3.04 percent of votes, self-nominee Zahid Oruj 3.11%, Chairman of Azerbaijan Democratic Party Sardar Jalaloglu 3.02%, Chairman of Modern Musavat Party Hafiz Hajiyev 1.51%, Chairman of Azerbaijan Social Democratic Party Araz Alizada 1.39%, Chairman of National Revival Movement Party Faraj Guliyev 1.18%, and Razi Nurullayev, nominated by Frontists Initiative Group, 0.75%,” Panahov announced.

He went on to note that up to 5,201 polling stations have so far presented their reports with a total of 3,723,278 bulletins having been counted. The CEC head added that there have been some delays in the delivery of votes from the polling stations and after receiving them, the exact results will be announced.

5,426 permanent polling stations and 215 temporary polling stations in 125 constituencies operated in the country on election day.

The election was observed by 894 international observers (61 organizations, 59 countries) and 58,175 local observers.

By Máté Földi

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