Back الانتخابات الرئاسية الأذربيجانية 2008 Arabic Azərbaycanda prezident seçkiləri (2008) Azerbaijani Predsjednički izbori u Azerbejdžanu 2008. BS Präsidentschaftswahl in Aserbaidschan 2008 German Προεδρικές εκλογές στο Αζερμπαϊτζάν (2008) Greek Elecciones presidenciales de Azerbaiyán de 2008 Spanish Élection présidentielle azerbaïdjanaise de 2008 French 2008-as azerbajdzsáni elnökválasztás Hungarian Elezioni presidenziali in Azerbaigian del 2008 Italian Wybory prezydenckie w Azerbejdżanie w 2008 roku Polish
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Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 15 October 2008. Ilham Aliyev of the New Azerbaijan Party was re-elected with 89% of the vote. The election was not free and fair.
In the lead-up to the election, OSCE highlighted election irregularities and government repression of the opposition.[1] The opposition were not allowed by the government to hold campaign rallies.[1] Students and state workers were coerced into attending pro-Aliyev rallies and were also bussed to polling places to vote for Aliyev.[1]
All major opposition parties, including Musavat, the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, Azerbaijan Liberal Party, and the Azerbaijan Democratic Party boycotted the vote because of alleged poll-fixing and oppression of political opponents.[2][1] Aside from Aliyev, none of the candidates running in the election were well-known.[1]
- ^ a b c d e Synovitz, Ron. "Azerbaijan's Opposition Cries 'Foul' As President Reelected". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ "US welcomes 'progress' in Azerbaijan election". Agence France-Presse. 2008-10-16. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2008-10-17.