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Unity Party (Azerbaijan)

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Unity Party
Vəhdət Partiyası
AbbreviationVP
ChairmanTahir Kərimli
Vice ChairmanƏbdülvahab Manafov
Vasif Əfəndiyev
FounderTahir Kərimli
Founded1994 (1994)
Registered11 December 1998 (1998-12-11)
Split fromAzerbaijani Popular Front Party
HeadquartersB.Səfəroglu, 28, Baku
Membership1,000
IdeologyPolitical unionism[1] (Restoration of territorial integrity with fair resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict)
AnthemKoroghlu opera
National Assembly
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Website
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The Unity Party (Azerbaijani: Vəhdət Partiyası, VP) is a political party in Azerbaijan led by Tahir Kərimli. It supports a resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that restores the pre-conflict territorial boundaries of Azerbaijan.[1]

History

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The party was established in 1995.[2] In April 2000 a breakaway led to the formation of the Unity Party II, which later merged into the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party.[2] It supported Ilham Aliyev of the New Azerbaijan Party in the 2008 presidential elections.[3]

In the 2015 parliamentary elections the party won a single seat,[4] with Kərimli elected in the Ağsu-İsmayilli constituency.[5]

Election results

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National Assembly elections

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Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
2010 Tahir Kerimli 2,186 0.09
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New Decrease 25th Extra-parliamentary
2015 15,070 0.53
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Increase 1 Decrease 9th Opposition
2020 11,347 0.49
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Steady 0 Increase 8th Opposition
2024 3,159 0.13
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Decrease 1 Decrease 18th Extra-parliamentary

References

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  1. ^ a b Aslanov, Bakhtiyar; Samedzade, Sevinj (December 2017). "The Positions of Political Parties and Movements in Azerbaijan on the Resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict". Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation. Retrieved 17 September 2021. Article PDF
  2. ^ a b Europa World Yearbook 2004, Taylor & Francis Group, p634
  3. ^ Vahdat Party to Support Candidacy of Current President of Azerbaijan at Presidential Elections Trend, 19 September 2007
  4. ^ Last elections IPU
  5. ^ 87. Ağsu-İsmayilli MSK