Party system

The number of municipalities in Azerbaijan is decreasing. On April 5, after the amendments were made, the Milli Majlis adopted in the third reading the laws "On Joint activities, unification, separati...

As voting concluded in the early presidential elections, the anticipation over President Ilham Aliyev's victory intensified. By 5 PM local time in Baku, over 70% of voters had cast their ballots, with...

More than 25,000 observers have been registered in Azerbaijan to observe the upcoming early presidential elections on February 7.

The campaign for early presidential elections has been launched in Azerbaijan on January 15. According to the requirement of the Electoral Code, the campaign begins 23 days before the election and end...

On December 7, on the 105th anniversary of the founding of parliamentarism in Azerbaijan, the Third Republican Platform was created by a group of public and political figures.

In a surprising turn of events, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has announced early presidential elections slated for February 7, 2024. The decree, signed on December 7, has sparked speculation abo...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced on 6th December that early Presidential elections would be held on 7th February next. This decision stunned a society that had been waiting for the announc...

Twice as much money has been allocated from next year's budget for the elections of the Central Election Commission (CEC). The draft Law "On the State Budget" for 2024 states that  it is planned to al...

On September 11, the Ministry of Justice re-registered the parties "Democratic Reforms of Azerbaijan" (DRA), "United People's Front of Azerbaijan" (UPFA) and "Justice Party". Thus, by September 11, th...

New fines have been imposed in Azerbaijan for violating the legislation on political parties. In this regard, on August 16, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree approving amendments to the law "On A...

After the entry into force of the law ”On Political Parties", parties were given a certain period for submitting lists of 5,000 members in order to include them in the register of the Ministry of Just...

In December 2022, the Milli Majlis adopted the law "On Political Parties" in the third reading. Despite internal and external protests, President Ilham Aliyev approved the law in January 2023. Among t...

According to the requirements of the new law "On Political Parties", parties must be included in the register. To do this, parties must submit to the Ministry of Justice the names, surnames, patronymi...

On July 1, 180 days have passed since the signing by President Ilham Aliyev the law "On Political Parties". Thus, in accordance with the requirements of the law, parties are required to submit informa...

After the Law "On Political Parties" came into force in Azerbaijan, more than 20 parties announced their self-dissolution. Among them are the Independent People's Party (IPP), the National Democratic....

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Jan Liddell-Granger and Liz Kristoffersen, who were on a visit to Azerbaijan on June 3-7, published a statement on the results of the visit on J...