Ilham Aliyev has won the presidential election in Azerbaijan with 92.12% of votes, according to the updated data from the country’s Central Election Commission (CEC), TASS reports.
Aliyev is in the lead with 100% of the protocols processed. A total of 92.12% of the voters who came to the polling stations or 4,577,693 people voted for the candidate. The self-nominated deputy Zahid Oruj is in second place with 2.17% of the votes (107,877 votes).
The Azerbaijani CEC summarized the first data in the night after the closing of the polling stations. At that time, after processing 93% of the protocols, Ilham Aliyev won with 92.05% of the votes. Zahid Oruj was also in second place: according to the CEC, 2.19% of voters voted for him. According to the CEC, the final turnout was 76.73%. Seven candidates, including Aliyev, were running for the presidency. All his rivals have already congratulated him on his victory and noted that they have no grounds to challenge the results.
