{"iso":"AZ","name":"Azerbaijan","flag":"\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddff","vote":"Milli Majlis \u00b7 official result, not competitive","model":"noncomp","updated":"2024-09-01","source":"2024 parliamentary election, official count, no genuine competition","credit":"Parliamentary election results as published by the Central Election Commission. Elections are held without genuine competition and no vote since 1993 has been judged free and fair by international observers","shares":{"YAP":50.4,"IND":39.4,"CSP":1.4,"OTH":8.8},"polls":[],"parties":{"YAP":{"name":"Yeni Az\u0259rbaycan Partiyas\u0131","color":"#0075C1","name_en":"New Azerbaijan Party"},"IND":{"name":"M\u00fcst\u0259qill\u0259r","color":"#DCDCDC","name_en":"Independents"},"CSP":{"name":"V\u0259t\u0259nda\u015f H\u0259mr\u0259yliyi Partiyas\u0131","color":"#0F88C9","name_en":"Civic Solidarity Party"},"OTH":{"name":"Dig\u0259r partiyalar","color":"#999999","name_en":"Other parties"}},"primer":{"system":"Authoritarian presidential republic","head_of_state":"President Ilham Aliyev","legislature":"National Assembly (Milli Majlis) \u00b7 125 seats","electoral_system":"All 125 Milli Majlis seats are filled by first past the post in single-member districts. Nominally independent deputies overwhelmingly support the government.","government_now":"The ruling New Azerbaijan Party took 68 seats at the September 2024 snap election, with pro-government independents taking 44 and no genuine opposition represented.","context":"Ilham Aliyev has ruled since 2003, succeeding his father in the post-Soviet world's first dynastic handover. Independent journalists and activists face systematic prosecution.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders and official election results \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"YAP":["Yeni Az\u0259rbaycan Partiyas\u0131","New Azerbaijan Party","The ruling party of President Ilham Aliyev; dominant, nationalist and personalist, controls the state in an authoritarian system."],"IND":["M\u00fcst\u0259qill\u0259r","Independents","Independents, overwhelmingly pro-government; the second-largest group in a chamber with no genuine opposition."],"CSP":["V\u0259t\u0259nda\u015f H\u0259mr\u0259yliyi Partiyas\u0131","Civic Solidarity Party","Long-established loyalist party that generally backs the government; holds a handful of seats."],"OTH":["Dig\u0259r partiyalar","Other parties","Assorted minor parties, nearly all pro-government, holding single seats each."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly (Milli Majlis)","as_of":"2024 election","total":125,"seats":{"YAP":68,"IND":44,"OTH":10,"CSP":3}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2029","title":"Azerbaijani parliamentary election","chamber":"National Assembly (Milli Majlis)","type":"expected"}}