Unity Party (Azerbaijan)

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The Unity Party (Azerbaijani: Vəhdət Partiyası, VP) is a political party in Azerbaijan led by Tahir Kərimli.

History

The party was established in 1995.^[1] In April 2000 a breakaway led to the formation of the Unity Party II, which later merged into the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party.^[1] It supported Ilham Aliyev of the New Azerbaijan Party in the 2008 presidential elections.^[2]

In the 2015 parliamentary elections the party won a single seat,^[3] with Kərimli elected in the Ağsu-İsmayilli constituency.^[4]

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