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Exit polls in Azerbaijan show incumbent Ilham Aliyev
sweeping to a widely expected victory in controversial presidential
elections that major opposition parties boycotted.
Hundreds of
his supporters celebrated in the streets as exit polls Wednesday showed
Mr. Aliyev winning more than 85 percent of the vote.
Authorities
announced a voter turnout of nearly 76 percent, even after leading
opposition parties urged their followers to stay home. 
The
opposition has accused Mr. Aliyev's government of jailing independent
journalists and rigging the election. Most of the remaining six
candidates on the ballot were considered government loyalists.
The opposition also accused Western governments of not pressing energy-rich Azerbaijan to implement democratic reforms.
Mr. Aliyev's government touted the election as the most democratic in the country's 17-year post-Soviet history.
Alieyev - 89%
Կարեն Կարապետյան 11 weeks 6 days ago
Azerbaijan doesn't stop surprising me. Even in the most absurd and rubber-stamped elections in Middle Eastern and African regimes in 20th century didn't give 89% to the incumbents. I guess in contemporary Azerbaijan in the midst of oil vertigo riding the hypes of the bubbled up Western financial markets, playing with percentage digits is like playing with pocket change.
Here's another link from Trend:
http://news.trendaz.com/index.shtml?show=news&newsid=1321199&lang=EN
Ilham Aliyev was Elected President of Azerbaijan: Initial Information by CEC
Azerbaijan, Baku, 16 October /corr. Trend News I.Alizade / The initial results of the Presidential elections in Azerbaijan testify the victory of the candidate from the ruling party, Ilham Aliyev.
According to the initial results of the elections, Ilham Aliyev gained 89.04% of all votes, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan, Mazahir Panahov, said to press conference.
According to him, currently ballot papers from 3,729 constituency election commissions of the total number of 5,359 commissions have been counted, which makes up nearly 70%.
Seven candidates participated in the 15 October presidential elections, including Ilham Aliyev, chairman of ruling New Azerbaijan Party; Igbal Agazade, chairman of opposition Umid (Hope) Party; Fazil Gazanfaroglu, chairman of Great Establishment Party; Gudrat Hasanguliyev, chairman of Unified Popular Front Party; Hafiz Hajiyev, chairman of Muasir Musavat Party; Fuad Aliyev, chairman of Liberal Democrat Party and independent candidate Gulamhuseyn Alibayli.
According to the initial results of the CEC, Igbal Agazade gained 2.78%, Fazil Gazanfaroglu - 2.40%, Gudrat Hasanguliyev – 2.22%, Gulamhuseyn Alibayli – 2.18%, Fuad Aliyev – 0.75% and Hafiz Hajiyev – 0.62%, Panahov said.
The Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan registered 4,834,584 voters. The election lists, devised last year, registered more than 4.6mln voters. Some 52 percent of voters is woman, 48 - man.
In connection with the Presidential elections, the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan established 5,359 polling stations, with 5,148 - constant, 33 - embassy, consulate and constant representations of Azerbaijan abroad.
Web cameras were established in 500 polling stations of Azerbaijan. They cover ten percent of the total number of polling stations. Nearly 1,233 international observers from 60 countries observed the elections in Azerbaijan. The largest missions registered by the Central Election Commission are from the Council of Europe, OSCE and CIS.
What is the greatest percentage ever obtained?
Hripsime Tavitian 11 weeks 6 days ago
I wonder what is the greatest landslide (in terms of percentages) ever recorded in the first round? Has there ever been over 90%??? If not, than Aliev with 89.04% could soon be in the Guiness Book Of Records ;)
I'll google some more, but I think Aliev has just set a world record!!!
98.8%
Anonymous 11 weeks 4 days ago
Hi Hripsime,
you are welcome to my article on this and previous Azerbaijani non-elections http://yandunts.blogspot.com/2008/10/azerbaijans-anti-election.html.
The highest % recorded in Az. was 98.8% with 90% turnout claimed in 1993 for Aliyev Sr.
Emil S.
Thanks for the link Emil. Very informative
Hripsime Tavitian 10 weeks 6 days ago
Thanks for the link Emil. Very informative and very interesting (2 criteria for khosq). If you posted it on khosq as a separate item, I'm sure many people would vote it up to front page. I know I would.
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