Aliyev announces early presidential elections in Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has scheduled early presidential elections for February 7, 2024, postponing the date from the original 2025 date.
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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