Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has called early presidential elections for February 7.
February 2024, early presidential elections have been scheduled for February 7. This is stated in a message on the website of the
of the President of the country, UNN reports .
I instruct the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to ensure the appointment of early presidential elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan on February 7, 2024, and to hold them in accordance with the procedure established by the Electoral Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
Details
According to the
legislation, the next presidential election was to be held in 2025. В
In Azerbaijan, the president is elected for a seven-year term, an amendment to the Constitution
was introduced to the Constitution in a referendum in 2016. Previously, the president was elected for a
for a five-year term.
To recap
The last presidential election in Azerbaijan was held on April 11
2018. They were also early.
That year, for the first time in Azerbaijan, an electronic exit poll was conducted.
The election was won for the fourth time in a row by incumbent President Ilham
Aliyev with 86.53% of the vote.
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