[1] Opposition parties accused President Ilham Aliyev of limiting their ability to campaign and called for a boycott of the election.
The ruling New Azerbaijan Party retained its majority, winning 72 of the 125 seats, although this was later reduced to 70 when results in two constituencies were annulled.
[4] Although a significant part of the opposition boycotted the elections, some parties (e.g. Musavat) announced that they would participate.
[7] However, the results in four constituencies were later annulled by the Election Commission,[8] with the New Azerbaijan Party and independents both losing two seats.
[9] Razi Nurullayev, the chairman of the splinter group from Azerbaijani Popular Front Party won a seat running as an independent.