2020 Azerbaijani Parliamentary Election

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The D18 Movement packing their offices after being evicted. Photo: Ruslan Izzetli.

Azerbaijani authorities close down opposition office ‘over coronavirus fears’

by OC Media

•2 min read

Azerbaijan’s opposition D18 Movement have been expelled from their offices in Baku by police claiming they were attempting to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The expulsion on Sunday was broadcast in a live video by journalist Tezekhan Mirelemli from newspaper Azadlig. In it, two police officers and a man in civilian clothes intervene in the filming forcing Mirelemli to leave the office. Officers told members of the D18 Movement they could not ‘gather en masse’ because of fears of the s

2020 Azerbaijani Parliamentary Election

Constitutional court approved final results of Azerbaijani elections

by OC Media

•5 min read

With the exception of four constituencies, where polls were scheduled, the Constitutional court of Azerbaijan approved the final results of the Central Election Committee over snap parliamentary elections held on 9 February. The Court confirmed the final results of the Central Election Committee (CEC) on Thursday morning. [Read more on OC Media: Azerbaijan cancels election results for ‘at least 4 constituencies’ due to electoral fraud] According to the results, the ruling New Azerbaijan

2020 Azerbaijani Parliamentary Election

Observer attacked during Azerbaijani election threatened with criminal charges

by OC Media

•3 min read

An observer recorded on camera being attacked during Azerbaijan’s February parliamentary elections has been threatened with criminal charges for filming the woman who attacked her. Jale Bayramova, an observer from the campaign of independent candidate Khalid Baghirov, was attacked on 9 February, election day, at a polling station in the village of Shuruk in Lankaran southern Azerbaijan. The video of the attack was shared widely on social media. Bayramova has said that the attack was o

2020 Azerbaijani Parliamentary Election

Opinion | After disappointing elections a new way forward for Azerbaijan’s opposition?

by Bahruz Samadov

•4 min read

After disappointing elections, Azerbaijan’s opposition must reckon with the failure of an ‘elections only’ strategy. Lessons learned during the electoral campaign will be crucial. Snap parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan are over. According to the OSCE Observation Mission, the elections ‘lacked genuine competition and choice’. Azerbaijani social media is overflowing with discussion over numerous videos that show blatant electoral fraud. In light of such blatant vote-rigging, two questions

A police officer stands near a bus with protesters inside. Photo: Nurlan Gakhramanli

2020 Azerbaijani Parliamentary Election

Azerbaijani police strand Baku protesters around the country

by OC Media

•7 min read

Dozens of people protesting the results of 9 February’s parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan including opposition leaders and candidates were detained on Sunday and left by police throughout the country. Police detained protesters in Baku taking them by bus and leaving them up to 300 kilometres away. The rally in front of the Central Election Committee (CEC) was announced by the opposition Real and Musavat parties, the D18 Movement, and two independent candidates. The Baku City Administr

Preliminary results handed victory to Huseynbala Miralamov (Baku’s 33 Khatai Constituency) and Hadi Rajabli (74 Lankaran Village Constituency) from the New Azerbaijan Party and independent candidates Ganizade Chingiz (80 Imishli-Beylagan Constituency) and Rauf Abbasov (Rauf Arifoghlu), (Baku’s 35 Khatai Third Constituency).

2020 Azerbaijani Parliamentary Election

Azerbaijan cancels election results for ‘at least 4 constituencies’ due to electoral fraud

by OC Media

•5 min read

Azerbaijan’s Central Election Committee (CEC) has announced it is cancelling the results of Sunday’s parliamentary election in at least four constituencies as a result of images of electoral fraud posted online. At a meeting of the CEC on Thursday, the organisation announced that the results of two candidates from the ruling New Azerbaijan Party and two independent candidates would be annulled. Sunday’s snap parliamentary elections, the first in the country’s post-independence history, were

2020 Azerbaijani Parliamentary Election

Opinion | This election was our first ‘OK boomer’ to Azerbaijan’s political order

by Javid Agha

•7 min read

From boredom and camaraderie to confrontations with carousel voters, this was my experience as an observer in Azerbaijan’s recent election. This was a classic Azerbaijani election: ballot stuffing, voting carousels, dead people voting, and foreign observers parroting each other about how everything was transparent and democratic. Anyone interested in Caucasus politics is well-aware of this kind of stuff. But reading about it or watching videos of it on YouTube and Facebook is very different