New Azerbaijan Party

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The New Azerbaijan Party (Yeni Azərbaycan Partiyası) is the ruling political party in Azerbaijan. It was formed by Heydar Aliyev 1993 who led it until his retirement and death in 2003. It is now led by his son, Ilham Aliyev. At the elections (5 November 2000 and 7 January 2001) , the party won 62.3 % of the popular vote and 75 out of 125 seats. Its candidate Ilham Aliyev was reported by the government to have won 80 % of the popular vote in the 15 october 2003 presidential elections, which faced criticism of vote-rigging from groups such as Human Rights Watch. At the parliamentary elections of 6 November 2005, it won 56 out of 125 seats.