At stake in this election:

• 125 seats in the National Assembly (Milli Mejlis)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Heydar ALIYEV
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Artur RASIZADE
• Assembly: Azerbaijan has a unicameral National Assembly (Milli Mejlis) with 125 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Assembly (Milli Mejlis), 100 members are elected by popular vote to serve 5-year terms and 25 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: New Azerbaijan Party (YAP)
  • Leader: Heydar ALIYEV
  • Seats won in this election: 78
• Party: Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (AXC)
  • Leader: Vacant
  • Seats won in this election: 6
• Party: Musavat Party
  • Leader: Isa GAMBAR
  • Seats won in this election: 1
• Other Parties
  • Seats won in this election: 12
• Independents
  • Seats won in this election: 26

Last Parliamentary election:

• -Parliamentary elections last held: November 12 and November 26, 1995
  Seats decided in the last election: 124

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 7,748,163 (July 2000 est.)
• Registered Voters: 4,241,550 ( 1998 approx.)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 4,115,891 (2000)

·         Is Azerbaijan a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Azerbaijan ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (10 July 1995)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: No

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 13 (as of 2000 elections) 

·         Human Development Index Position: 78 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Azerbaijan a signatory to CRPD: Yes (9 January 2008)

·         Has Azerbaijan ratified CRPD: Yes (28 January 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 1,162,224 (est.)