2024 Azerbaijani presidential election

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Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 7 February 2024. Incumbent president Ilham Aliyev, who has held office since 2003, won a fifth consecutive term with over 92% of the vote, defeating his closest runner-up Zahid Oruj, who obtained just 2% of the vote. Originally planned for October 2025, President Aliyev called for a snap election in December 2023 following the victorious Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. This offensive led to the end of the Republic of Artsakh, which was an Armenian-led breakaway state, and Azerbaijan gaining full control over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The election is informally known as the "Victory Election" (Azerbaijani: Zəfər seçkisi) due to the successful military operation. It marks the third snap election in Azerbaijan's history and the first to be held in winter season. The election took place in an authoritarian context where the opposition and independent media were noted to be repressed. The two main opposition parties, Musavat...

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