Ilham Aliyev was re-elected as President of Azerbaijan for a fifth term of 7 years, according to preliminary results of vote counting. Early elections came months after Baku’s victory in a lightning attack on Armenian separatists in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
4 million and 971 thousand voters voted in the presidential elections, with a participation rate of 76.73%. Independent candidate Zahid Oruc came second with 2.2% of the votes, then the head of the Grand Establishment Party, Fazil Mustafa, with 1.99%.