2024 Azerbaijani parliamentary election explained

Country:Azerbaijan
Previous Election:2020
Election Date:1 September 2024
Seats For Election:All 125 seats in the National Assembly
Majority Seats:63
Ongoing:yes
Seats Title:Last election
Party1:New Azerbaijan Party
Leader1:Ilham Aliyev
Current Seats1:70
Party2:Civic Solidarity Party
Leader2:Sabir Rustamkhanli
Current Seats2:3
Party3:Motherland Party (Azerbaijan)
Leader3:Fazail Agamali
Current Seats3:1
Party4:Great Order Party
Leader4:Fazil Mustafa
Current Seats4:1
Party5:Democratic Reforms Party
Current Seats5:1
Party6:Unity Party (Azerbaijan)
Current Seats6:1
Party7:Civic Unity Party (Azerbaijan)
Current Seats7:1
Party8:Azerbaijan Democratic Enlightenment Party
Current Seats8:1
Party9:Justice, Law, Democracy Party
Leader9:Gudrat Gasanguliev
Current Seats9:1
Seats9:1
Party10:Independents
Leader10:
Seats10:41
Current Seats10:41
Speaker
Before Election:Sahiba Gafarova

Parliamentary elections will be held in Azerbaijan on 1 September 2024.[1] They were originally scheduled to take place in November 2024, but were brought forward after parliament was dissolved in June 2024.[2]

Background

The elections were originally scheduled to take place in November 2024. However, in late June 2024 MPs asked President Ilham Aliyev to dissolve the National Assembly and call elections in September to avoid holding them during the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference to be hosted in Baku from 11 to 22 November. Despite criticism from opposition parties, the measure was approved by the Constitutional Court on 27 June, which allowed Aliyev to dissolve parliament on 28 June and set 1 September as the date for the elections.[2]

Electoral system

The 125 members of the National Assembly are elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Altıncı çağırış Azərbaycan Respublikası Milli Məclisinin buraxılması və Azərbaycan Respublikasının Milli Məclisinə növbədənkənar seçkilərin təyin edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı. President of Azerbaijan. az. 2024-06-28.
  2. Web site: 28 June 2024 . Azerbaijan to hold snap parliamentary elections on September 1 . 28 June 2024 . Al Jazeera . en .
  3. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2019_B.htm Electoral system