Baku/17.04.18/Turan: Plenum of the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan, checked the results of the presidential elections presented by the CEC, and approved them on April 17.
According to the decision of the plenum of the Constitutional Court, Ilham Aliyev, having gained 86.02% of the votes, won the elections, and was re-elected to the presidency for the next seven years.
Then the votes were distributed as follows: Zahid Oruj - 3.12%, Sardar Jalaloglu - 3.03%, Gudrat Hasanguliyev - 3.02%, Hafiz Hajiyev - 1.52%, Araz Alizadeh - 1.38%, Faraj Guliyev - 1,17%, Razi Nurullayev - 0.74%. Turnout in the election was 74.3%.
The President officially takes office after the inauguration ceremony. -06D-
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