Eight candidates are running for office in the snap elections – Incumbent President Ilham Aliyev from the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, MP Zahid Oruc, Araz Alizada MP, chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Gudrat Hasanguliyev – MP, chairman of the Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, Faraj Guliyev – MP, chairman of the National Revival Movement Party, Hafiz Hajiyev – chairman of the Modern Equality Party, Razi Nurullayev – political analyst from the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party and Sardar Jalaloglu - chairman of Azerbaijan Democratic Party.
The authoritarian incumbent President Ilham Aliyev is widely expected to “win” the election. If Aliyev wins this election, it will be the 4th consecutive re-election of the Azerbaijan dictator.
In recent years, Aliyev has silenced the opposition and free press of Azerbaijan, with many opposition politicians being expelled or arrested, wh...
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