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Azerbaijani presidential election, 1998
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