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 received 78% of the vote. Voter turnout was reported to be 79%.^[2]

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.^[3] The main opposition parties in Azerbaijan boycotted the election with the exception of Etibar Mammadov.^[3] Election monitors noted that there was a ballot stuffing and allegations of fabricated vote counts.^[3] After the election, Mammadov appealed the election to Azerbaijan's Supreme Court, which rejected his appeal.^[3]

An independent assessment of the vote put the outcome at 50-60% for Aliyev and 25% for Mammadov.^[3]

^ 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
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Altstadt, Audrey L. (2017). Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan. Columbia University Press. pp. 71–73. doi:10.7312/alts70456. ISBN 978-0-231-70456-4.

[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

[:0-3] Altstadt, Audrey L. (2017). Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan. Columbia University Press. pp. 71–73. doi:10.7312/alts70456. ISBN 978-0-231-70456-4.

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