Aliyev re-elected President of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev secured a fifth consecutive term in election, official results showed, an expected outcome after his country’s historic victory over Armenian separatists last year.

Tallies showed that Aliyev won the election with 92 per cent of the vote after nearly all electoral precincts declared results, in a ballot held during a crackdown on independent media and in the absence of any real opposition.

“The Azerbaijani people have elected Ilham Aliyev as the country’s president,” Central Election Commission chief Mazahir Panahov told a press conference on Wednesday.