1998 Azerbaijani presidential election

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]

1998 Azerbaijani presidential election

11 October 1998
 
Nominee Heydar Aliyev Etibar Mammadov
Party New Azerbaijan AMİP
Popular vote 2,556,059 389,662
Percentage 77.6% 11.8%

Results of the elections by constituencies
  Heydar Aliyev

President before election

Heydar Aliyev
New Azerbaijan

Elected President

Heydar Aliyev
New Azerbaijan

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
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