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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Heydar Aliyev	New Azerbaijan Party	2,556,059	77.61
	Etibar Mammadov	Azerbaijan National Independence Party	389,662	11.83
	Nizami Suleymanov	Independent Azerbaijan Party	270,709	8.22
	Firudin Hasanov	Azerbaijan Communist Party	29,244	0.89
	Ashraf Mehdiyev	Endeavour Party	28,809	0.87
	Khanhuseyn Kazimli	Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party	8,254	0.25
Against all			10,910	0.33
Total			3,293,647	100.00
Valid votes			3,293,647	98.07
Invalid/blank votes			64,818	1.93
Total votes			3,358,465	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,255,717	78.92
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