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1998 Azerbaijani presidential election

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Field	Value
country	Azerbaijan
flag_year	1991
type	presidential
previous_election	1993 Azerbaijani presidential election
previous_year	1993
next_election	2003 Azerbaijani presidential election
next_year	2003
election_date	11 October 1998
image1	Heydar Aliyev 1997 (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Heydar Aliyev
party1	New Azerbaijan Party
popular_vote1	2,556,059
percentage1	77.61%
image2	Etibar Mammadov in 2017 (cropped).png
nominee2	Etibar Mammadov
party2	Azerbaijan National Independence Party
popular_vote2	389,662
percentage2	11.83%
title	President
before_election	Heydar Aliyev
before_party	New Azerbaijan Party
after_election	Heydar Aliyev
after_party	New Azerbaijan Party

Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 11 October 1998. 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%.

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

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

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p357 {{ISBN. 0-19-924958-X
Nohlen ''et al''., p364
Altstadt, Audrey L.. (2017). "Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan". Columbia University Press.

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