Parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on 9 February 2020.Azerbaijan to hold snap parliamentary election on February 9 Al Jazeera, 5 December 2019 They were originally scheduled to take place in November 2020, but were brought forward after parliament was dissolved in December 2019. 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.
Electoral system The 125 members of the National Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system.Electoral system IPU
Campaign 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.Exit poll suggests ruling YAP party leads in parliamentary election Azernews, 10 February 2020
Although a significant part of the opposition boycotted the elections, some parties (e.g. Musavat) announced that they would participate.
Results
The New Azerbaijan Party was initially reported to have won 72 seats, with 43 taken by independents. However, the results in four constituencies were later annulled by the Election Commission,Azerbaijani President Vows To Investigate Violations During Parliamentary Elections, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 14 February 2020 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.Single Azerbaijani opposition member to make it into parliament criticised for accepting mandate JAM News, 11 February 2020
Razi Nurullayev, the chairman of the splinter group from Azerbaijani Popular Front Party won a seat running as an independent.
By constituency