What is Elections in Azerbaijan?
{{Azerbaijan}} [[Election]]s are held in [[Azerbaijan]] to elect the [[head of state]] (the [[president]]) and a [[legislature]] (the [[parliament]]). The [[President of Azerbaijan]] is elected for a five-year [[wikt:term|term]] by the people; before a [[referendum]] by the people changed this in 2009, the position was limited to two terms. The parliament of Azerbaijan, the '''[[National Assembly of Azerbaijan|National Assembly]]''' (''Milli Məclis''), has 125 [[Member of Parliament|members]]. Before 2005, 100 members were elected for a five-year term in single-seat [[constituency|constituencies]] and 25 members were elected by [[proportional representation]]. Since 2005 all 125 members are elected in single-seat [[constituency|constituencies]]. Azerbaijan is a [[one party dominant state]]. [[wikt:political opposition|Opposition]] [[political parties]] beside the [[New Azerbaijan Party]] are allowed but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. On Sunday, 1 November 2015, the most recent [[Azerbaijani parliamentary election, 2015|parliamentary elections]] were held. On Wednesday, 9 October 2013, the most recent [[Azerbaijani presidential election, 2013|presidential election]] was held. ==Latest elections== [[File:Poster of Azerbaijan 1937. İttifaq Sovetinə seçkilər.jpg|thumbnail|Poster of Azerbaijan 1937]] ===2013 Presidential election=== {{Main|Azerbaijani presidential election, 2013}} ===2015 Parliamentary election=== {{Main|Azerbaijani parliamentary election, 2015}} {{electiontable|Azerbaijani parliamentary election, 2015|caption={{nowrap|'''Summary of the 1 November 2015 [[National Assembly of Azerbaijan|National Assembly]] of [[Azerbaijan]] [[Azerbaijani parliamentary election, 2015|election results]]'''}}}} !Party !Votes !% !Seats !+/– |- |align=left|[[New Azerbaijan Party]]||1,340,770||47.20||69||–2 |- |align=left|[[Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party]]||42,459||1.49||1||0 |- |align=left|[[Civic Solidarity Party]]||37,561||1.32||2||–1 |- |align=left|[[Great Order Party]]||34,15