Azerbaijani presidential election, 1998

11 October 1998



Nominee	Heydar Aliyev	Etibar Mammadov
Party	New Azerbaijan Party	Azerbaijan National Independence Party
Popular vote	2,556,059	389,662
Percentage	77.6%	11.8%

President before election

Heydar Aliyev
New Azerbaijan Party

Elected President

Heydar Aliyev
New Azerbaijan Party

Azerbaijan

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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]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Heydar Aliyev	New Azerbaijan Party	2,556,059	77.6
Etibar Mammadov	Azerbaijan National Independence Party	389,662	11.8
Nizami Suleymanov	Independent Azerbaijan Party	270,709	8.2
Firudin Hasanov	Azerbaijan Communist Party	29,244	0.9
Ashraf Mehdiyev	Endeavour Party	28,809	0.9
Khanhuseyn Kazimli	Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party	8,254	0.3
None of the above		10,910	0.3
Invalid/blank votes		64,818	–
Total		3,358,465	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

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

Elections and referendums in Azerbaijan

Presidential elections	1991 1992 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018

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Referendums	1991 (Mar) 1991 (Dec) 1993 1995 2002 2009 2016

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