2024 Azerbaijani presidential election

The previous 2018 presidential election was held months ahead of schedule which saw the re-election of long-time authoritarian president Ilham Aliyev, in power since 2003, securing a fourth consecutive term in office after obtaining 86% of the vote. The election was boycotted by the Azerbaijani opposition and criticized for its conduct and early schedule amid allegations of irregularities and electoral fraud.{{Cite news |date=2018-04-12 |title=Azerbaijan's President Secures Fourth Term In Vote Criticized As Uncompetitive |language=en |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-aliyev-expected-win-reelection-april-11-vote/29158177.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |archive-date=29 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229130639/https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-aliyev-expected-win-reelection-april-11-vote/29158177.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2018-02-05 |title=Azerbaijan's Aliyev calls snap presidential poll |url=https://www.dw.com/en/azerbaijan-leader-ilham-aliyev-calls-snap-presidential-poll/a-42459874 |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=dw.com |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208050145/https://www.dw.com/en/azerbaijan-leader-ilham-aliyev-calls-snap-presidential-poll/a-42459874 |url-status=live }}

President Aliyev's fourth presidential term was initially embarked by a series of socioeconomic reforms, where he issued decrees addressing burdensome credit loans, providing compensation to the families of military veterans, and increasing student stipends, as well as issuing mass pardons to several political prisoners.{{Cite web |last=Asgarov |first=Asgar |date=2019-03-18 |title=Dozens of Regime Critics Included in Azerbaijan Mass Release |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/eu-welcomes-azerbaijan-amnesty-political-activists/4835793.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Voice of America |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208175244/https://www.voanews.com/a/eu-welcomes-azerbaijan-amnesty-political-activists/4835793.html |url-status=live }} He also made an effort attempt at diversifying the oil-dependent Azerbaijani economy.{{Cite web |last=Mehdiyev |first=Mushvig |date=2019-10-26 |title=In Reforming Azerbaijan Government, President Aliyev Makes Non-Oil Sectors Priority |url=https://caspiannews.com/news-detail/in-reforming-azerbaijan-government-president-aliyev-makes-non-oil-sectors-priority-2019-10-25-22/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=caspiannews.com |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208051655/https://caspiannews.com/news-detail/in-reforming-azerbaijan-government-president-aliyev-makes-non-oil-sectors-priority-2019-10-25-22/ |url-status=live }} In late 2019, the National Assembly dissolved itself, which triggered the February 2020 parliamentary election, with the move being viewed as Aliyev's possible preparation for an order of succession, where he would eventually hand over presidency to his wife, First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva, as a way to ensure the Aliyev family's dynastic rule over Azerbaijan.{{Cite web |last=Stronski |first=Paul |date=2019-12-10 |title=Amid Rumors of Aliyev's Succession, a New Generation Comes of Age in Azerbaijan |url=https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/are-azerbaijan-president-wife-making-way-for-a-dynastic-succession/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=World Politics Review |language=en-US |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208180414/https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/are-azerbaijan-president-wife-making-way-for-a-dynastic-succession/ |url-status=live }} The parliamentary election campaign, initially offering a glimmer of political change,{{Cite web |last=Safarova |first=Durna |date=2019-12-20 |title=In Azerbaijan's elections, a new hope |url=https://eurasianet.org/in-azerbaijans-elections-a-new-hope |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Eurasianet |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208223815/https://eurasianet.org/in-azerbaijans-elections-a-new-hope |url-status=live }} nevertheless saw Aliyev's ruling New Azerbaijan Party retaining a majority of deputy seats.{{Cite web |date=2020-02-09 |title=Preliminary results show almost no change in Azerbaijan parliament |url=https://oc-media.org/polls-jlose-in-azerbaijan-amidst-widespread-reports-of-violenje-and-elejtoral-violations/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=OC Media |language=en-US |archive-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213142628/https://oc-media.org/polls-jlose-in-azerbaijan-amidst-widespread-reports-of-violenje-and-elejtoral-violations/ |url-status=live }} From 2020, Aliyev endured the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan, where a series of controversial anti-lockdown laws were introduced that allowed for the Azerbaijani government to crackdown on political opposition and silence anti-government critics over the country's response to the pandemic, which Aliyev referred to as a "fifth column" attempting to "destroy Azerbaijan".{{Cite web |last=Kucera |first=Joshua |date=2020-03-19 |title=Azerbaijan's president suggests coronavirus may require a crackdown on opposition |url=https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijans-president-suggests-coronavirus-may-require-a-crackdown-on-opposition |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Eurasianet |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208184401/https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijans-president-suggests-coronavirus-may-require-a-crackdown-on-opposition |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2020-03-16 |title=Those who violate hygiene and quarantine regimes to be fined |url=https://ona.az/en/social/those-who-violate-hygiene-and-quarantine-regimes-to-be-fined-13269 |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=ONA |language=az-AZ |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208184402/https://ona.az/en/social/those-who-violate-hygiene-and-quarantine-regimes-to-be-fined-13269 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2020-04-16 |title=Azerbaijan: Crackdown on Critics Amid Pandemic |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/16/azerbaijan-crackdown-critics-amid-pandemic |access-date=2023-12-08 |language=en |archive-date=21 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521213340/https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/16/azerbaijan-crackdown-critics-amid-pandemic |url-status=live }} The Azerbaijani government also introduced a series of anti-crisis packages that were aimed at relieving the economic impact caused by the coronavirus pandemic,{{Cite web |last=Karimli |first=Ilham |date=2020-04-06 |title=Azerbaijan Takes Measures To Mitigate COVID-19 Impact On Economy & Social Life |url=https://caspiannews.com/news-detail/azerbaijan-takes-measures-to-mitigate-covid-19-impact-on-economy-social-life-2020-4-6-1/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=caspiannews.com |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208184401/https://caspiannews.com/news-detail/azerbaijan-takes-measures-to-mitigate-covid-19-impact-on-economy-social-life-2020-4-6-1/ |url-status=live }} to which the emergency aid was later criticized for allegedly having citizens struggling to obtain it.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-10 |title=Azerbaijan: Citizens Struggle to Access Covid-19 Aid |url=https://iwpr.net/global-voices/azerbaijan-citizens-struggle-access-covid-19-aid |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=iwpr.net |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208184416/https://iwpr.net/global-voices/azerbaijan-citizens-struggle-access-covid-19-aid |url-status=live }}

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The Nagorno-Karabakh region has served as an epicenter of the decades-long conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Since 1994 much of Nagorno-Karabakh, internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, was de-facto under control by the ethnic Armenian-led breakaway state Republic of Artsakh, with periods of occurring border skirmishes occurring in the 2010s.{{Cite web |last=Beehner |first=Lionel |date=2005-11-03 |title=Nagorno-Karabakh: The Crisis in the Caucasus |url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/nagorno-karabakh-crisis-caucasus |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Council on Foreign Relations |language=en |archive-date=21 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060721165228/http://www.cfr.org/publication/9148/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=2016-04-02 |title=Nagorno-Karabakh violence: Worst clashes in decades kill dozens |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35949991 |access-date=2023-12-08 |archive-date=25 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025045541/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35949991 |url-status=live }} In July 2020, border clashes took place between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces, sparking massive pro-war protests in Azerbaijan which became increasingly grew following the deaths of military officers Polad Hashimov and Ilgar Mirzayev.{{Cite web |date=15 July 2020 |title=Azerbaijani authorities crack down on pro-war demonstration in Baku |url=https://intellinews.com/azerbaijani-authorities-crack-down-on-pro-war-demonstration-in-baku-187524/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210108194925/https://intellinews.com/azerbaijani-authorities-crack-down-on-pro-war-demonstration-in-baku-187524/ |archive-date=8 January 2021 |access-date=8 January 2021 |work=bne IntelliNews |language=en}}{{Cite news |last1=ռ/կ |first1=Ազատություն |date=15 July 2020 |title=Azerbaijan Police Break Up Pro-War Rally In Baku |work=Azatutyun |publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.azatutyun.am/a/30727902.html |url-status=live |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210108194402/https://www.azatutyun.am/a/30727902.html |archive-date=8 January 2021}}{{Cite news |date=2020-07-15 |title=Azerbaijan protesters demand war after Armenia clashes |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53415693 |access-date=2023-12-08 |archive-date=15 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715192031/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53415693 |url-status=live }} The demonstrations in Baku, leading to the storming of the Parliament building and clashes with the security forces, had profound impact on Azerbaijan's foreign policy as its believed to have been one of the causing factors that led to the following outbreak of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in September 2020.{{Cite web |last1=Weise |first1=Zia |last2=Cienski |first2=Jan |last3=Herszenhorn |first3=David M. |date=28 September 2020 |title=The Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict explained |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/the-nagorno-karabakh-conflict-explained-armenia-azerbaijan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200929231443/https://www.politico.eu/article/the-nagorno-karabakh-conflict-explained-armenia-azerbaijan/ |archive-date=29 September 2020 |access-date=8 January 2021 |work=Politico |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2 October 2020 |title=De-escalating the New Nagorno-Karabakh War |url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/caucasus/nagorno-karabakh-conflict/containing-violence-south-caucasus |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101011010/https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/caucasus/nagorno-karabakh-conflict/containing-violence-south-caucasus |archive-date=1 November 2020 |access-date=12 January 2021 |work=International Crisis Group |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=5 October 2020 |title=Armenia and Azerbaijan on brink of war |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2020/659267/EPRS_ATA(2020)659267_EN.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210112074637/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2020/659267/EPRS_ATA(2020)659267_EN.pdf |archive-date=12 January 2021 |access-date=12 January 2021 |work=European Parliament |language=en}} The war lasted for approximately 44 days and resulted in an Azerbaijani victory, reclaiming control of the newly-captured territories and Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh in the aftermath of November 2020 ceasefire agreement signed by Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia.{{Cite web |title=Azerbaijani army resolved 28-year conflict in 44 days |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/azerbaijan-front-line/azerbaijani-army-resolved-28-year-conflict-in-44-days/2056225 |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=www.aa.com.tr |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208223815/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/azerbaijan-front-line/azerbaijani-army-resolved-28-year-conflict-in-44-days/2056225 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Dixon |first=Robyn |date=2020-11-10 |title=Cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh provokes protests in Armenia, celebrations in Azerbaijan |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-armenia-russia-azerbaijan/2020/11/10/b1b9bcc0-231b-11eb-9c4a-0dc6242c4814_story.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120150922/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-armenia-russia-azerbaijan/2020/11/10/b1b9bcc0-231b-11eb-9c4a-0dc6242c4814_story.html |url-status=live }}

Post-war stability within the Nagorno-Karabakh region was relatively short-lived, as the Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis began in 2021. From December 2022, Azerbaijan enforced a blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, sparking a humanitarian crisis in Artsakh as the region grappled with the shortages of medication, food and fuel.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-02 |title=Artsakh Armenians at Risk of 'Imminent Hunger' |work=Asbarez.com |url=https://asbarez.com/artsakh-armenian-at-risk-of-imminent-hunger/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |language=en-US |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208223815/https://asbarez.com/artsakh-armenian-at-risk-of-imminent-hunger/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Light |first=Felix |date=2023-08-16 |title=Nagorno-Karabakh residents say 'disastrous' blockade choking supplies |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nagorno-karabakh-residents-say-disastrous-blockade-choking-supplies-2023-08-16/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |archive-date=26 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126233511/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nagorno-karabakh-residents-say-disastrous-blockade-choking-supplies-2023-08-16/ |url-status=live }} In September 2023, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale military offensive into Nagorno-Karabakh which lasted for a day, leading to the immediate surrender of the remaining Artsakhi forces, which effectively ended the existence of the Republic of Artsakh and resulted in the mass exodus of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-20 |title=Armenians in Karabakh surrender, many seek to leave the enclave |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/azerbaijan/news/armenians-in-karabakh-surrender-many-seek-to-leave-the-enclave/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=www.euractiv.com |language=en-GB |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208223816/https://www.euractiv.com/section/azerbaijan/news/armenians-in-karabakh-surrender-many-seek-to-leave-the-enclave/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-20 |title=Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces reach Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire deal |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/20/azerbaijan-and-ethnic-armenian-forces-reach-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-deal |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926214814/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/20/azerbaijan-and-ethnic-armenian-forces-reach-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-deal |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-21 |title=Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: How Azerbaijan forced Armenia to back down |url=https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230921-checkmate-in-nagorno-karabakh-how-azerbaijan-got-armenia-to-back-down |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208223815/https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230921-checkmate-in-nagorno-karabakh-how-azerbaijan-got-armenia-to-back-down |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=2023-09-25 |title=Nagorno-Karabakh's Armenians start to leave en masse for Armenia |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/armenia-calls-un-mission-monitor-rights-nagorno-karabakh-2023-09-24/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208142833/https://www.reuters.com/world/armenia-calls-un-mission-monitor-rights-nagorno-karabakh-2023-09-24/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Lau |first=Benjamin Brown,Aren Melikyan,Chris |date=2023-09-30 |title=Much of Nagorno-Karabakh's ethnic Armenian population flees as first UN mission in 30 years set to arrive |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/30/asia/un-mission-nagorno-karabakh-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214125130/https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/30/asia/un-mission-nagorno-karabakh-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Demuryan |first=Lilit |date=2023-09-30 |title=Almost all of Nagorno-Karabakh's people have left, Armenia's government says |url=https://apnews.com/article/armenia-azerbaijan-nagorno-karabakh-exodus-5df6a74fc0cb12b7bdab0a9783019e07 |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=30 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930164118/https://apnews.com/article/armenia-azerbaijan-nagorno-karabakh-exodus-5df6a74fc0cb12b7bdab0a9783019e07 |url-status=live }}

Article 178 of the Election Code of Azerbaijan stipulates that the presidential election must be held every third Wednesday of October of the last year of the President’s term of office.{{Cite web |date=2003-07-07 |orig-date= |title=THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN ELECTION CODE |url=https://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL(2003)047-e |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Venice Commission |format=DOC |publication-place=Strasbourg |archive-date=11 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211190019/https://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL(2003)047-e |url-status=live }} The 2016 constitutional referendum previously extended the presidential term from five to seven years,{{Cite web |last=Bagirova |first=Nailia |date=2016-09-26 |title=Azerbaijan holds referendum to extend president's term |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-azerbaijan-presidency-term/azerbaijan-holds-referendum-to-extend-presidents-term-idUSKCN11W1L7/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Reuters}}{{Cite web |date=2016-09-26 |title=Azerbaijan holds referendum on presidential term extension |url=https://apnews.com/article/4ca3638a70bc4eb0884e43e83536995e |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209001134/https://apnews.com/article/4ca3638a70bc4eb0884e43e83536995e |url-status=live }} with Aliyev being subsequently re-elected for a seven-year term in 2018 following the amendments to the Constitution of Azerbaijan, thus making the presidential election originally set to take place on 15 October 2025.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-16 |title=Azerbaijan's Aliyev prolongs his rule until 2025 - European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity |url=https://europeanforum.net/azerbaijans-aliyev-prolongs-his-rule-until-2025/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=europeanforum.net |language=en-US |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209001139/https://europeanforum.net/azerbaijans-aliyev-prolongs-his-rule-until-2025/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=2018-04-18 |title=Aliyev Sworn In For Fourth Term As Azerbaijan's President |language=en |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/aliyev-sworn-in-for-fourth-term-as-azerbaijan-s-president/29174459.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209001134/https://www.rferl.org/a/aliyev-sworn-in-for-fourth-term-as-azerbaijan-s-president/29174459.html |url-status=live }}

Article 101 §1 of the Constitution of Azerbaijan allows for the President to legally call a snap election. In accordance with Article 179 §2 of the Election Code of Azerbaijan, the date of the presidential elections shall be determined within a week of the call by the Central Election Commission (CEC). The election must be on a Wednesday and be conducted within a 3 month period after the date determination by the CEC. On 7 December 2023, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree in setting Wednesday, 7 February 2024, as a date for an early presidential election to be held.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-07 |title=Tarixi qərar - növbədənkənar Prezident seçkilərini zəruri edən amillər |url=https://report.az/analitika/tarixi-qerar-novbedenkenar-prezident-seckilerini-zeruri-eden-amiller-serh/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209201337/https://report.az/analitika/tarixi-qerar-novbedenkenar-prezident-seckilerini-zeruri-eden-amiller-serh/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-07 |title=Azərbaycanda növbədənkənar prezident seçkiləri elan edildi |url=https://oxu.az/politics/812641 |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Oxu.Az |language=az |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209201337/https://oxu.az/politics/812641 |url-status=live }} In addition, the election day in Azerbaijan would be a public holiday.

Given without the official explanation for Aliyev's decision, it was speculated by Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan during an interview with Azernews that the original election date for autumn 2025 would have coincided with the already scheduled parliamentary elections for that same timeframe, which might could have potentially caused "a bit of distress" among Azerbaijani voters and that a snap election for president in February 2024 would look "more convenient from a time perspective."{{Cite web |date=2023-12-08 |title=Holding early presidential election vividly reflects supreme political wisdom |url=https://www.azernews.az/analysis/218588.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Azernews.Az |language=en |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209001134/https://www.azernews.az/analysis/218588.html |url-status=live }} Other analysts suggested the reasoning factor behind an early presidential election was due to Aliyev's attempt to take advantage of his high popularity following Azerbaijani's successful seizure of Nagorno-Karabakh.{{Cite news |date=2023-12-07 |title=Azerbaijan's Aliyev calls snap election after Karabakh victory |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/azerbaijans-aliyev-calls-snap-presidential-election-february-2023-12-07/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209001134/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/azerbaijans-aliyev-calls-snap-presidential-election-february-2023-12-07/ |url-status=live }} The timing of election was also noted by Associated Press to have coincided ahead of the 2024 Russian presidential election, for which the alleged reason was due to attempts by Aliyev to minimize Russia's influence on the Azerbaijani election.{{Cite web |last=Sultanova |first=Aida |date=2023-12-07 |title=Azerbaijan to hold snap presidential election in early February, shortly before Russia's vote |url=https://apnews.com/article/azerbaijan-president-election-aliyev-999b469c0c47373ff2f4eb4262e7efb5 |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208004519/https://apnews.com/article/azerbaijan-president-election-aliyev-999b469c0c47373ff2f4eb4262e7efb5 |url-status=live }} Opposition leader Ali Karimli assessed that a snap presidential election indicated Aliyev's desire to hold polls "in isolation from the democratic world" and fear of a change in the current "minimal political competition", where he speculated that Aliyev wanted to secure another seven-year presidential term before a potential Russian defeat in the Russo-Ukrainian War which could according to his theory "upend the regional geopolitical situation to authoritarians' disfavor."{{Cite web |last=Horan |first=John |date=2023-12-07 |title=Azerbaijan's Aliyev calls snap presidential election for February |url=https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijans-aliyev-calls-snap-presidential-election-for-february |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Eurasianet |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209001134/https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijans-aliyev-calls-snap-presidential-election-for-february |url-status=live }} Musavat party chairman Arif Hajili criticized the announcement of a snap presidential election, stating that holding an early vote hinders political competition and that it is problematic for the election campaign.{{Cite web |last1=Bayramova |first1=Pərvanə |last2=Fərhadoğlu |first2=Tapdıq |date=2023-12-07 |title=Azərbaycanda növbədənkənar prezident seçkiləri elan edilib |url=https://www.amerikaninsesi.org/amp/7387885.html |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=www.amerikaninsesi.org |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211171908/https://www.amerikaninsesi.org/amp/7387885.html |url-status=live }} In a following subsequent statement, the Musavat party claimed that the election date in winter will lead to a low voter turnout, accusing Azerbaijani authorities of turning the presidential election into "a formal procedure".{{Cite web |last=Quliyeva |first=Ülviyyə |date=2023-12-13 |title=Müsavat Partiyası növbədənkənar prezident seçkiləri ilə bağlı bəyanat yayıb |url=https://www.amerikaninsesi.org/a/7396293.html |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Voice of America |language=az |archive-date=14 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214165450/https://www.amerikaninsesi.org/a/7396293.html |url-status=live }}

The President of Azerbaijan is elected for a seven-year term from universal, direct and equal suffrage with a personal and secret ballot. Using the two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a run-off vote is held between the top two candidates who garnered the most votes in the first round.[http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2285/ Republic of Azerbaijan: Election for President] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205185132/http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2285/ |date=5 February 2018 }} IFES Under a case of the war, the presidential term must be extended until the end of military operation, for which the decision on this matter must be adopted by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the basis of the application of the state body organizing elections (referendum).

The Central Election Commission (CEC) on 9 December 2023 approved the official calendar plan for the 2024 election as follows.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-08 |title=Növbədənkənar Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidenti seçkilərinin hazırlanıb keçirilməsi üzrə əsas hərəkət və tədbirlərin təqvim planı |url=https://www.msk.gov.az/uploads/teqvim_plani/Teqvim_Plani_2024.pdf |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Central Election Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan |language=az |archive-date=10 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210220959/https://www.msk.gov.az/uploads/teqvim_plani/Teqvim_Plani_2024.pdf |url-status=live }}

A citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan, who has lived permanently in the territory of the Azerbaijan for more than 10 years, has the right to participate in elections, has not been convicted of a serious crime, has no obligations to other states, has a higher education, and does not have dual citizenship can be elected as President.

After the meeting of the Central Election Commission (CEC) held on 8 December 2023, in a statement made by the secretary of the CEC, Arife Muhtarova, candidates willing to participate in the 2024 presidential election must submit the necessary documents to the commission starting from 10 December. She noted that the acceptance of documents should continue until 8 January 2024, and the propaganda work should continue until 6 February 2024 at 18:00. In order to participate as an observer, citizens should apply to the commission by 28 January 2024.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-08 |title=Seçkilərin vaxtı təsdiqləndi: Namizədlər bu tarixlərdə sənədləri təqdim etməlidir |url=https://modern.az/olke/445283/sechkilerin-vaxti-tesdiqlendi-namizedler-bu-tarixlerde-senedleri-teqdim-etmelidir/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211172411/https://modern.az/olke/445283/sechkilerin-vaxti-tesdiqlendi-namizedler-bu-tarixlerde-senedleri-teqdim-etmelidir/ |url-status=live }}

On 12 December 2023, deputy chairman of New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) and chairman of the YAP central office, Tahir Budaqov, confirmed that Ilham Aliyev would be the presidential nominee for YAP, noting that the final decision will be made at the meeting of the party's board of directors, as the nomination of candidates is made under the authority of the board of directors in accordance with the decision taken at the previous YAP congress.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-12 |title=YAP-ın prezident seçkilərində namizədi İlham Əliyev olacaq |url=https://musavat.com/news/yap-in-prezident-seckilerinde-namizedi-ilham-eliyev-olacaq_1028757.html?d=1 |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=musavat.com |language=az |archive-date=13 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213181714/https://musavat.com/news/yap-in-prezident-seckilerinde-namizedi-ilham-eliyev-olacaq_1028757.html?d=1 |url-status=live }}

At the meeting of the YAP board of directors on 15 December 2023, Aliyev was officially nominated for presidency under the party's decision.{{Cite web |last=Kazımoğlu |first=Mirmahmud |date=2023-12-15 |title=YAP İlham Əliyevin prezidentliyə namizədliyini irəli sürüb |url=https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/yap-ilham-eliyevin-prezidentliye-namizedliyini-ireli-surub/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216001032/https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/yap-ilham-eliyevin-prezidentliye-namizedliyini-ireli-surub/ |url-status=live }} In addition, Tahir Budagov, deputy chairman of YAP – head of the central office and Ali Ahmadov, deputy chairman of YAP, were appointed as authorized party representatives for the election with Ahliman Taghiyev, deputy head of the central office, being appointed as authorized representative for financial issues.{{Cite web |last=Kazımoğlu |first=Mirmahmud |date=2023-12-15 |title=YAP İdarə Heyətinin genişləndirilmiş iclası keçirilib - YENİLƏNİB |url=https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/yap-idare-heyetinin-genislendirilmis-iclasi-kecirilir/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=15 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215075832/https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/yap-idare-heyetinin-genislendirilmis-iclasi-kecirilir/ |url-status=live }}

According to the decision taken at the meeting of the supreme assembly of the Great Order Party (BQP) on 16 December 2023, party chairman Fazil Mustafa, candidate in the 2008 election, was nominated for the presidency by the BQP.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-16 |title=Fazil Mustafa Prezidentliyə namizəd oldu: Böyük Quruluşun qərarı - FOTOLAR |url=https://musavat.com/news/fazil-mustafa-prezidentliye-namized-oldu-boyuk-qurulusun-qerari-fotolar_1029921.html |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=musavat.com |language=az |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216210904/https://musavat.com/cookies.html?backurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmusavat.com%3A443%2Fnews%2Ffazil-mustafa-prezidentliye-namized-oldu-boyuk-qurulusun-qerari-fotolar_1029921.html%3Fd%3D3 |url-status=live }}

On 17 December 2023, the decision of the political council of the Great Azerbaijan Party (BAP) regarding the elections was announced to the press. Thus, the BAP nominated party chairman Elşad Musayev as a presidential candidate for the elections.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-17 |title=Elşad Musayevin prezidentliyə namizədliyi irəli sürüldü - BAP qərar verdi |url=https://musavat.com/news/elsad-musayevin-prezidentliye-namizedliyi-ireli-suruldu-bap-qerar-verdi_1030053.html |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=musavat.com |language=az |archive-date=17 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217081859/https://musavat.com/news/elsad-musayevin-prezidentliye-namizedliyi-ireli-suruldu-bap-qerar-verdi_1030053.html?d=2 |url-status=live }}

On 18 December 2023, Qüdrat Hasanquliyev, the chairman of the Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (BAXCP), who was a candidate for the presidency in the 2003 elections, received presidential nomination by BAXCP.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

Zahid Oruj
On 16 December 2023, Zahid Oruj, who ran in the 2018 and 2013 presidential elections announced his interest to take part in the 2024 election as an independent candidate.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-16 |title=Zahid Oruc prezidentliyə namizədliyini irəli SÜRƏCƏK |url=https://modern.az/olke/446564/zahid-oruc-prezidentliye-namizedliyini-ireli-surecek/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216210859/https://modern.az/olke/446564/zahid-oruc-prezidentliye-namizedliyini-ireli-surecek/ |url-status=live }}

Fuad Aliyev
Fuad Aliyev, the chairman of the former Liberal Democratic Party of Azerbaijan and the chairman of the Public Union for the Protection of Civil Rights, nominated himself for presidency on 18 December 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-18 |title=QHT sədri prezidentliyə namizədliyini irəli sürdü |url=https://modern.az/aktual/446770/qht-sedri-prezidentliye-namizedliyini-ireli-surdu/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=18 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218085117/https://modern.az/aktual/446770/qht-sedri-prezidentliye-namizedliyini-ireli-surdu/ |url-status=live }} Those who support him established the "Citizen Union" Election Headquarters which was chaired by Khazar Teyyublu.{{Cite web |last=Vahid |first=Firuza |date=2023-12-18 |title=FALDP chairman to run for president in 2024 in Azerbaijan |url=https://en.apa.az/domestic-policy/faldp-chairman-to-run-for-president-in-2024-in-azerbaijan-419857 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Apa.az |language=en |archive-date=21 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221204356/https://en.apa.az/domestic-policy/faldp-chairman-to-run-for-president-in-2024-in-azerbaijan-419857 |url-status=live }}

{{Endorsements box|title=Ilham Aliyev|list=;Notable individuals

• Hurru Aliyev, nephew of Abulfaz Elchibey, chairman of Beyaz Movement{{Cite web |last=Musayev |first=Turqay |date=2023-12-19 |title=İlham Əliyevi dəstəkləməməyim haqsızlıq olar - Elçibəyin qardaşı oğlundan ŞOK AÇIQLAMA |url=https://modern.az/olke/446946/ilham-eliyevi-desteklememeyim-haqsizliq-olar-elchibeyin-qardashi-oghlundan-shok-achiqlama/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=19 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219184459/https://modern.az/olke/446946/ilham-eliyevi-desteklememeyim-haqsizliq-olar-elchibeyin-qardashi-oghlundan-shok-achiqlama/ |url-status=live }}
• Mübariz Mansimov, businessman, president of "Palmaly" Group of Companies{{Cite web |last=Nazimqızı |first=Gülnar |date=2023-12-18 |title=Mübariz Mənsimov Prezident seçkilərində İlham Əliyevə dəstək olacağını açıqlayıb |url=https://anews.az/az/mubariz-mensimov-prezident-seckilerinde-ilham-eliyeve-destek-olacaini-aciqlayib/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=anews.az |language=az |archive-date=19 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219184459/https://anews.az/az/mubariz-mensimov-prezident-seckilerinde-ilham-eliyeve-destek-olacaini-aciqlayib/ |url-status=live }}
• Rais Rasulzade, honored artist, grandson of Mahammad Amin Rasulzade{{Cite web |last=Musayev |first=Turqay |date=2023-12-19 |title="Seçkilərdə İlham Əliyevi dəstəkləyəcəm!" - Rəsulzadənin nəvəsi mövqeyini AÇIQLADI |url=https://modern.az/olke/446966/sechkilerde-ilham-eliyevi-destekleyecem-resulzadenin-nevesi-mvqeyini-achiqladi/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227050153/https://modern.az/olke/446966/sechkilerde-ilham-eliyevi-destekleyecem-resulzadenin-nevesi-mvqeyini-achiqladi/ |url-status=live }}
• Javanshir Guliyev, composer, honored artist{{Cite web |last=Musayev |first=Turqay |date=2023-12-20 |title=İlham Əliyevi favorit görürəm və ona səs verəcəm - Tanınmış bəstəkar |url=https://modern.az/olke/447185/ilham-eliyevi-favorit-grurem-ve-ona-ses-verecem-taninmish-bestekar/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=20 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220153459/https://modern.az/olke/447185/ilham-eliyevi-favorit-grurem-ve-ona-ses-verecem-taninmish-bestekar/ |url-status=live }}
• Nadir Vekiloğlu, son of Mustafa bey Vakilov{{Cite web |date=2023-12-20 |title=Cümhuriyyətin daxili işlər nazirinin oğlu: "Hər zaman Azərbaycan Prezidentinin yanındayıq" |url=https://modern.az/diaspor/447269/cumhuriyyetin-daxili-ishler-nazirinin-oghlu-biz-her-zaman-azerbaycan-prezidentinin-yanindayiq/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=20 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220153600/https://modern.az/diaspor/447269/cumhuriyyetin-daxili-ishler-nazirinin-oghlu-biz-her-zaman-azerbaycan-prezidentinin-yanindayiq/ |url-status=live }}
• Adil Geybulla, professor, doctor, and politician{{Cite web |last=Cəmil |first=Gülçin |date=2023-12-20 |title=Professor Adil Qeybulla prezident seçkilərində İlham Əliyevi dəstəkləyəcək |url=https://report.az/amp/daxili-siyaset/professor-adil-qeybulla-prezident-seckilerinde-ilham-eliyevi-destekleyecek/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=report.az |language=az |archive-date=20 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220183119/https://report.az/amp/daxili-siyaset/professor-adil-qeybulla-prezident-seckilerinde-ilham-eliyevi-destekleyecek/ |url-status=live }}
• Flora Karimova, singer, people's artist{{Cite web |last=Musayev |first=Turqay |date=2023-12-22 |title=Müxalifət özünü öldürməsin, İlham Əliyevə səs verəcəm! |url=https://modern.az/aktual/447631/muxalifet-zunu-ldurmesin-ilham-eliyeve-ses-verecem/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223010800/https://modern.az/aktual/447631/muxalifet-zunu-ldurmesin-ilham-eliyeve-ses-verecem/ |url-status=live }}
• Rasul Guliyev, former Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan{{Cite web |date=2023-12-23 |title=Rəsul Quliyev də İlham Əliyevi DƏSTƏKLƏDİ |url=https://modern.az/aktual/447833/resul-quliyev-de-ilham-eliyevi-destekledi/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223200053/https://modern.az/aktual/447833/resul-quliyev-de-ilham-eliyevi-destekledi/ |url-status=live }}
• Rasim Balayev, actor, people's artist, chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of Azerbaijan{{Cite web |last=Musayev |first=Turqay |date=2023-12-22 |title="İlham Əliyevin alternativi yoxdur" - Rasim Balayev |url=https://modern.az/aktual/447636/ilham-eliyevin-alternativi-yoxdur-rasim-balayev/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223011150/https://modern.az/aktual/447636/ilham-eliyevin-alternativi-yoxdur-rasim-balayev/ |url-status=live }}
• Elchin Shikhly, journalist, chairman of the Union of Journalists of Azerbaijan, son of Ismail Shikhly{{Cite web |last=Musayev |first=Turqay |date=2023-12-25 |title=İlham Əliyevdən başqa kimə səs verməliyəm ki... - Elçin Şıxlı |url=https://modern.az/olke/447786/ilham-eliyevden-bashqa-kime-ses-vermeliyem-ki-elchin-shixli/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=25 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225064957/https://modern.az/olke/447786/ilham-eliyevden-bashqa-kime-ses-vermeliyem-ki-elchin-shixli/ |url-status=live }}
• Firudin Jalilov, former Deputy Prime Minister and former minister{{Cite web |last=Musayev |first=Turqay |date=2023-12-25 |title=Mən həmişə İlham Əliyevə səs vermişəm, bu dəfə də verəcəm - Sabiq təhsil naziri |url=https://modern.az/aktual/447957/men-hemishe-ilham-eliyeve-ses-vermishem-bu-defe-de-verecem-sabiq-tehsil-naziri/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=31 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231093354/https://modern.az/aktual/447957/men-hemishe-ilham-eliyeve-ses-vermishem-bu-defe-de-verecem-sabiq-tehsil-naziri/ |url-status=live }}
• Akif Islamzade, singer, son of Sara Gadimova{{Cite web |last=Qardaşova |first=Aytəkin |date=2023-12-22 |title=Akif İslamzadə: "Kimlərsə namizədlik irəli sürüblər, boş şeylərdir, İlham Əliyevi dəstəkləyirik" |url=http://pravda.az/news/135158 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Pravda.az |language=az |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223200056/https://pravda.az/news/135158 |url-status=live }}

;Political parties

• New Azerbaijan Party{{Cite web |date=2023-12-12 |title=YAP-ın namizədi İlham Əliyev olacaq - Rəsmi |url=https://yenisabah.az/yap-in-namizedi-ilham-eliyev-olacaq-resmi |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Yeni Sabah |language=az |archive-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227050154/https://yenisabah.az/yap-in-namizedi-ilham-eliyev-olacaq-resmi |url-status=live }}
• Motherland Party{{Cite web |date=2023-12-23 |title=Ana Vətən Partiyası Prezident seçkilərində İlham Əliyevi dəstəkləyəcək |url=http://pravda.az/news/135284 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Pravda.az |language=az |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223200119/https://pravda.az/news/135284 |url-status=live }}
• Free Homeland Party{{Cite web |date=2023-12-23 |title=Bu partiya da İlham Əliyevin namizədliyini dəstəklədi - FOTOLAR |url=https://modern.az/aktual/447802/bu-partiya-da-sechkide-ilham-eliyevin-namizedliyini-destekledi-fotolar/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223200109/https://modern.az/aktual/447802/bu-partiya-da-sechkide-ilham-eliyevin-namizedliyini-destekledi-fotolar/ |url-status=live }}
• Azerbaijan Hope Party{{Cite web |date=2023-12-18 |title=İqbal Ağazadə bu dəfə namizəd olmadı: "Ümid bu dəfə İlham Əliyevi dəstəkləyəcək" |url=https://musavat.com/news/iqbal-agazade-bu-defe-namized-olmadi-umid-bu-defe-ilham-eliyevi-destekleyecek_1030243.html |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=musavat.com |language=az |archive-date=19 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219204319/https://musavat.com/cookies.html?backurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmusavat.com%3A443%2Fnews%2Fiqbal-agazade-bu-defe-namized-olmadi-umid-bu-defe-ilham-eliyevi-destekleyecek_1030243.html%3Fd%3D3 |url-status=live }}
• Future Azerbaijan Party{{Cite web |date=2023-12-23 |title=GAP Rəsul Quliyevin İlham Əliyevin namizədliyini dəstəkləməklə bağlı təklifini qəbul etdi - Partiyaya yeni sədr seçildi - YENİLƏNDİ - 6 |url=http://pravda.az/news/135275 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Pravda.az |language=az |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223200122/https://pravda.az/news/135275 |url-status=live }}
• Right Justice Party{{Cite web |date=2023-12-18 |title=Əli İnsanov İlham Əliyevin prezidentliyə namizədliyini dəstəklədi |url=https://musavat.com/news/eli-insanov-ilham-eliyevin-prezidentliye-namizedliyini-destekledi_1030254.html |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=musavat.com |language=az |archive-date=19 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219184501/https://musavat.com/cookies.html?backurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmusavat.com%3A443%2Fnews%2Feli-insanov-ilham-eliyevin-prezidentliye-namizedliyini-destekledi_1030254.html%3Fd%3D3 |url-status=live }}
• Modern Musavat Party{{Cite web |last=Musayev |first=Turqay |date=2023-12-19 |title=Hafiz Hacıyev seçkidə namizəd olmaqdan İMTİNA ETDİ |url=https://modern.az/olke/447062/hafiz-haciyev-namized-olmayacaq/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=19 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219185624/https://modern.az/olke/447062/hafiz-haciyev-namized-olmayacaq/ |url-status=live }}
• Unity Party{{Cite web |date=2023-12-21 |title=Tahir Kərimlinin partiyası seçkilərə qatılmayacaq |url=https://yenisabah.az/tahir-kerimlinin-partiyasi-seckilere-qatilmayacaq |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Yeni Sabah |language=az |archive-date=24 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224231517/https://yenisabah.az/tahir-kerimlinin-partiyasi-seckilere-qatilmayacaq |url-status=live }}

;International and local organizations

• Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation{{Cite web |last=Seymurqızı |first=Gülər |date=2023-12-20 |title=AHİK-in qurultayında İlham Əliyevin prezidentliyə namizədliyinin dəstəklənməsi barədə bəyanat qəbul edilib - YENİLƏNİB |url=https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/ahik-in-qurultayinda-ilham-eliyevin-prezidentliye-namizedliyi-desteklenib/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=20 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220153458/https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/ahik-in-qurultayinda-ilham-eliyevin-prezidentliye-namizedliyi-desteklenib/ |url-status=live }}
• Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society{{Cite web |last=Cəmil |first=Gülçin |date=2023-12-21 |title=Azərbaycan Qızıl Aypara Cəmiyyəti İlham Əliyevin prezidentliyə namizədliyini dəstəkləyib - YENİLƏNİB |url=https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/azerbaycan-qizil-aypara-cemiyyeti-ilham-eliyevin-namizedliyini-destekleyib/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=21 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221073052/https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/azerbaycan-qizil-aypara-cemiyyeti-ilham-eliyevin-namizedliyini-destekleyib/ |url-status=live }}
• Union of Azerbaijani Writers{{Cite web |last=Cəmil |first=Gülçin |date=2023-12-22 |title=Yazıçı Anar: "AYB İlham Əliyevin prezidentliyə namizədliyini dəstəkləyir" |url=https://report.az/medeniyyet-siyaseti/yazici-anar-ayb-ilham-eliyevin-prezidentliye-namizedliyini-destekleyir/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223041321/https://report.az/medeniyyet-siyaseti/yazici-anar-ayb-ilham-eliyevin-prezidentliye-namizedliyini-destekleyir/ |url-status=live }}
• Council of Elders{{Cite web |date=2023-12-25 |title=Ağsaqqallar Şurası seçkidə İlham Əliyevi DƏSTƏKLƏYƏCƏK |url=https://modern.az/aktual/447984/aghsaqqallar-shurasi-sechkilerde-ilham-eliyevi-destekleyecek/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=31 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231093420/https://modern.az/aktual/447984/aghsaqqallar-shurasi-sechkilerde-ilham-eliyevi-destekleyecek/ |url-status=live }}
• Western Azerbaijani Community{{Cite web |date=2023-12-29 |title=İcma prezident seçkiləri ilə bağlı bəyanat yaydı |url=https://modern.az/qerbi-azerbaycan/448811/icma-prezident-sechkileri-ile-baghli-beyanat-yaydi/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=29 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229112357/https://modern.az/qerbi-azerbaycan/448811/icma-prezident-sechkileri-ile-baghli-beyanat-yaydi/ |url-status=live }}}}

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The Central Election Commission has allocated a total of 278 permanent meeting places, 139 of which are open and 139 are closed, for the pre-election campaign of presidential candidates.{{Cite web |title=2024-cü il fevralın 7-nə təyin edilmiş növbədənkənar Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidenti seçkilərində seçkiqabağı təşviqat üçün ayrılmış daimi görüş yerlərinin siyahısı (139-u açıq, 139-u qapalı olmaqla, ümumilikdə 278 yer) - Azərbaycan Respublikası Mərkəzi Seçki Komsissiyası |url=https://www.msk.gov.az/az/elections/prezident-seckileri/07-02-2024/1222/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=www.msk.gov.az |language=az |archive-date=9 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109124102/https://www.msk.gov.az/az/elections/prezident-seckileri/07-02-2024/1222/ |url-status=live }}

With the announcement of his campaign, Great Azerbaijan Party presidential nominee Musayev began to use his campaign slogan "Everything is for the victorious people!" ({{Langx|az|Hər şey qalib xalq üçün!}}).{{Cite web |date=2024-01-15 |title=Namizədlərin seçki şüarları - SİYAHI |url=https://modern.az/aktual/451068/namizedlerin-sechki-shuarlari-siyahi/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=15 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115132718/https://modern.az/aktual/451068/namizedlerin-sechki-shuarlari-siyahi/ |url-status=live }} Musayev held a meeting with voters in Gobustan District on 17 January 2024.

Fazil Mustafa, candidate for the Great Order Party, campaigned under the slogan "Our support: A renewing, hardworking person! Our goal: welfare state Azerbaijan" ({{Langx|az|Dayağımız: Yeniləşən, çalışqan insan! Hədəfimiz: rifah dövləti Azərbaycan}}). Mustafa's campaign placed a significant focus on education, but also addressed other issues such as international politics, social concerns, internal governance, and reform. The campaign committed itself to offer distinct perspectives on each issue and scheduled meetings across different regions to engage with voters directly.{{Cite web |last=Həsənli |first=Nigar |date=2024-01-16 |title=Təşviqat başladı: namizədlər hansı problemi qabardacaq - açıqlama |url=https://musavat.com/news/tesviqat-basladi-namizedler-hansi-problemi-qabardacaq-aciqlama_1037244.html |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=musavat.com |language=az |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214125113/https://musavat.com/cookies.html?backurl=https://musavat.com:443/news/tesviqat-basladi-namizedler-hansi-problemi-qabardacaq-aciqlama_1037244.html?d=3 |url-status=live }}

On 17 January 2024, Mustafa held a meeting with voters in his constituency of Sabunçu raion. From there, he was accompanied by Ogtay Gasimov, who served as assistant to former president Abulfaz Elchibey.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-17 |title=Prezidentliyə namizəd Fazil Mustafanın seçicilərlə ilk görüş - toplantısı baş tutdu - FOTOLAR |url=https://avrasiya.net/sosial/77470-prezidentliy-namizd-fazil-mustafann-seicilrl-ilk-gr-toplants-ba-tutdu-fotolar.html |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Avrasiya.Net |language=az}}

As an independent presidential candidate, Fuad campaigned in a motto "Rich citizen, rich country" ({{Langx|az|Varlı vətəndaş, varlı ölkə}}). To kickoff his campaign, Fuad held a meeting with voters in the settlement of Binə on 16 January 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-16 |title=Fuad Əliyev seçicilərlə görüşüb - Fotolar |url=https://avrasiya.net/siyaset/77454-fuad-liyev-secicilrl-goruub-fotolar.html |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Avrasiya.Net |language=az}} In a press statement, Fuad exclaimed that the election would signify the dawn of a new era in Azerbaijan's history and urged citizens to inscribe "golden chapters" in the annals of the nation, pledging to safeguard Azerbaijan's legacy for future generations.

The New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) announced its election slogan with the launch of the pre-election campaign. Ilham Aliyev, being the official presidential candidate for YAP, participate in the election under a campaign motto "The victorious leader of the victorious people!" ({{Langx|az|Qalib xalqın qalib lideri!}}).

Aliyev's election program outlined what it called a multifaceted agenda aimed at advancing Azerbaijan's progress across various domains. It highlighted achievements in social welfare, economic growth, national security, and foreign relations, as well as significant improvements in citizens' well-being, economic independence, and defense capabilities under his leadership.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-17 |title=QALİB XALQIN QALİB LİDERİ! |url=https://apa.az/secki-2024/qalib-xalqin-qalib-lideri-812491 |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Apa.az |language=az |archive-date=5 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205090143/https://apa.az/secki-2024/qalib-xalqin-qalib-lideri-812491 |url-status=live }}

On 21 December 2023, presidential candidate Qüdrat Hasanguliyev (Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party) announced several provisions from his pre-election campaign platform to the press. If elected as president, Hasanguliyev pledged to change Azerbaijan's official name to the "Northern Azerbaijan Republic" through a constitutional referendum, combine the state bodies of the Minister of Justice and the Prosecutor General into the State Investigative Committee, divide the country into 15 administrative units and establish 31-member assemblies which will be formed by the votes of the residents of those administrative units, increasing workers' salaries, reduce the Azerbaijani military service period to six months, and introduce a cash payment system for exemption from premiums, as well as establish "child allowance" payments.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-20 |title=Ölkənin adı dəyişəcək, bu vəzifələr ləğv ediləcək… |url=https://axar.az/news/toplum/815288.html |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Axar.Az |language=az |archive-date=21 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221014645/https://axar.az/news/toplum/815288.html |url-status=live }} Hasanguliyev's platforms also included transitioning to a parliamentary republic within nine months, holding the 2025 parliamentary elections under proportional representation, and establishing a Government of National Unity until the new elections. He also reducing presidential powers, shortening the presidential term to five years, and transferring the power to elect the head of state to parliament. His proposals also included restructuring regional administrative units, declaring the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic as an autonomous administrative unit and abolishing the Constitutional Court. Hasanguliyev also announced plans for metro and tramway expansions, high-speed rail connections, and privatization initiatives.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-15 |title=Qüdrət Həsənquliyev Naxçıvanın "muxtar dövlət" statusunun ləğvini istəyir - Seçki platformasında daha nələr var? |url=https://azpolitika.info/?p=742187 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=AzPolitika |language=az |archive-date=15 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115105249/https://azpolitika.info/?p=742187 |url-status=live }}

Canvassing under his election slogan "Justice, Law, Democracy" ({{Langx|az|Ədalət, Hüquq, Demokratiya}}), Hasanguliyev held a meeting with voters in Sumgait on 17 January 2024.{{Cite web |last=HəsəոIi |first=Nigar |date=2024-01-17 |title=Prezidentliyə namizədlər bölgələrdə |url=https://musavat.com/news/prezidentliye-namizedler-bolgelerde_1037529.html |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=musavat.com |language=az |archive-date=17 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117210517/https://musavat.com/news/prezidentliye-namizedler-bolgelerde_1037529.html?d=3 |url-status=live }}

Presidential candidate Razi Nurullayev for the National Front Party (MCP) emphasized that his party's ideology is social democracy, thus describing himself as a "social democratic politician", outlying that his election program is mainly related to the issue of social security.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-22 |title="Mənim üçün insanın kasıb olması qəbuledilməzdir!" - Prezidentliyə namizəd əsas platformasını açıqladı - VİDEO |url=https://musavat.com/news/menim-ucun-insanin-kasib-olmasi-qebuledilmezdir-prezidentliye-namized-esas-platformasini-aciqladi-video_1031337.html?d=3 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=musavat.com |language=az |archive-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227050155/https://musavat.com/news/menim-ucun-insanin-kasib-olmasi-qebuledilmezdir-prezidentliye-namized-esas-platformasini-aciqladi-video_1031337.html?d=3 |url-status=live }}

Participating as the MCP chairman, Nurullayev announced his campaign slogan "Social justice, social democracy!" ({{Langx|az|Sosial ədalət, sosial demokratiya!}}). From there, he appealed to the supporters through his social media.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-15 |title=Namizədlərin seçki şüarları |url=https://modern.az/aktual/451068/namizedlerin-sechki-shuarlari-siyahi/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=15 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115132718/https://modern.az/aktual/451068/namizedlerin-sechki-shuarlari-siyahi/ |url-status=live }} Nurullayev began his electoral campaign in Imishli District, where he was born and elected as deputy.

On 9 January 2024, Zahid Oruj's campaign headquarters announced his election platform titled 4th Republic — 100 years of Azerbaijan's victory ({{Langx|az|4-cü Respublika — Azərbaycanın qalib 100 ili}}).{{Cite web |date=2024-01-09 |title=Zahid Orucun Seçki Platformasının adı açıqlandı: "4-cü Respublika-Azərbaycanın qalib 100 ili" |url=https://musavat.com/news/zahid-orucun-secki-platformasinin-adi-aciqlandi-4-cu-respublika-azerbaycanin-qalib-100-ili_1035461.html?d=1 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=musavat.com |language=az |archive-date=15 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115220839/https://musavat.com/news/zahid-orucun-secki-platformasinin-adi-aciqlandi-4-cu-respublika-azerbaycanin-qalib-100-ili_1035461.html?d=1 |url-status=live }}

With the launch of his pre-election campaign, Oruj announced his electoral slogan: "YES to the future of victory!" ({{Langx|az|Qalib gələcəyə HƏ!}}).{{Cite web |date=2024-01-15 |title=Zahid Oruc seçkiqabağı təşviqata start verdi |url=https://modern.az/aktual/451011/zahid-oruc-sechkiqabaghi-teshviqata-start-verdi/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=15 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115105250/https://modern.az/aktual/451011/zahid-oruc-sechkiqabaghi-teshviqata-start-verdi/ |url-status=live }} He also wrote "The 4th Republic: The Victorious Hundred Years of Azerbaijan!" ({{Langx|az|4-cü Respublika: Azərbaycanın Qalib Yüz İli!}}), "The greatest wealth is Human!" by announcing that he will also use foreign exchange. Running as an independent, Oruj called on Azerbaijani voters to "stand above the opposition-power polarization" and actively participate in building a new country.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-15 |title=Zahid Orucdan seçicilərə müraciət: Bizə qalib vətəndaş lazımdır! |url=https://modern.az/aktual/451020/zahid-orucdan-sechicilere-muraciet-bize-qalib-vetendash-lazimdir/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=15 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115105249/https://modern.az/aktual/451020/zahid-orucdan-sechicilere-muraciet-bize-qalib-vetendash-lazimdir/ |url-status=live }}

On 17 January 2024, Oruj's authorized representative, Aziz Alibeyli, held a meeting with voters in Barda District, a constituency in which Oruj himself represents as a deputy.

On 29 December 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that it had sent invitations to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Organization of Turkic States, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Non-Aligned Movement Youth Organization, and the GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development to observe elections.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-29 |title=Seçkilərdə müşahidə üçün bu təşkilatlar Azərbaycana dəvət edilib |url=https://modern.az/aktual/448728/sechkilerde-mushahide-uchun-bu-teshkilatlar-azerbaycana-devet-edilib/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=29 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229071638/https://modern.az/aktual/448728/sechkilerde-mushahide-uchun-bu-teshkilatlar-azerbaycana-devet-edilib/ |url-status=live }}

Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Sergey Lebedev, announced plans on 13 December 2023 in sending CIS election observers to Azerbaijan.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-13 |title=MDB missiyası Azərbaycanda prezident seçkilərini müşahidə edəcək |url=https://azpolitika.info/?p=738926 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=AzPolitika |language=az |archive-date=14 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214165449/https://azpolitika.info/?p=738926 |url-status=live }}

A long-term mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) under the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) consisting of 26 people will observe the 2024 presidential election. The institution has sent a request to the OSCE participating countries regarding the provision of a short-term observation mission consisting of 250 people, with Eoghan Murphy being appointed as the head of the observation mission.{{Cite web |last=Kazımoğlu |first=Mirmahmud |date=2023-12-28 |title=ATƏT/DTİHB-nin prezident seçkiləri ilə əlaqədar Azərbaycana gələcək müşahidə missiyalarının tərkibi məlum olub - EKSKLÜZİV |url=https://report.az/xarici-siyaset/atet-dtihb-nin-azerbaycanda-novbedenkenar-prezident-seckilerini-izleyecek-musahidecilerinin-sayi-melum-olub-ekskluziv/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=28 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228211729/https://report.az/xarici-siyaset/atet-dtihb-nin-azerbaycanda-novbedenkenar-prezident-seckilerini-izleyecek-musahidecilerinin-sayi-melum-olub-ekskluziv/ |url-status=live }}

The Dilara Aliyeva Protection of Women's Rights Public Union chaired by Novella Jafaroglu, the Human Rights and Rule of Law Protection Public Union chaired by Saida Gojamanli, and the Azerbaijani branch of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights chaired by Saadat Bananyarli established the "My Voice" Election Monitoring Coalition to monitor the polls.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-28 |title=QHT-lər seçkilərin monitorinqini APARACAQ |url=https://modern.az/aktual/448683/qht-ler-sechkilerin-monitorinqini-aparacaq/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=28 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228211729/https://modern.az/aktual/448683/qht-ler-sechkilerin-monitorinqini-aparacaq/ |url-status=live }}

At the meeting of the Central Election Commission (CEC) held on 6 January 2024, it was announced by CEC chairman Mazahir Panahov that 72 international observers from 19 countries applied to observe the presidential elections and all of them were welcomed. According to him, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights will send 37 observers to the presidential elections, the CIS Parliamentary Assembly 17, the Republic of Turkey 5, and the CIS 9 observers. He also stated that the observation mission led by the chairman of the Central Election Commission of Georgia will monitor the election. In addition, 228 local observers have been accredited in the CEC. 92 of them are on their own initiative, 10 are NGO representatives, and 126 are New Azerbaijan Party observers with special permission.{{Cite web |last=Abdullayeva |first=Samirə |date=2024-01-06 |title=Məzahir Pənahov: "72 beynəlxalq müşahidəçi akkreditasiyadan keçib" |url=https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/bu-gune-qeder-prezident-seckilerini-musahide-etmek-ucun-72-beynelxalq-musahideci-akkreditasiyadan-kecib/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=6 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106185943/https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/azerbaycan-xaricde-olan-37-numayendelikde-49-secki-menteqesi-yaradilib/ |url-status=live }}

On 9 January 2024, 8 international organizations and 78 international observers representing 21 countries were accredited. In addition, 242 local observers are registered in the CEC, and 14,281 in the district election commissions.{{Cite web |last=Aslanqızı |first=Aysel |date=2024-01-09 |title=Prezident seçkiləri ilə əlaqədar akkreditasiyadan keçən beynəlxalq və yerli müşahidəçilərin sayı açıqlanıb |url=https://report.az/xarici-siyaset/prezident-seckileri-ile-elaqedar-78-beynelxalq-musahideci-akkreditasiyadan-kecib/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=9 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109144910/https://report.az/xarici-siyaset/prezident-seckileri-ile-elaqedar-78-beynelxalq-musahideci-akkreditasiyadan-kecib/ |url-status=live }}

Along with the "My Vote" Election Monitoring Coalition, the "Democratic Election Center" Public Union chaired by Gorkhmaz Ibrahimli, the "Independent Law Center" Public Union chaired by Aydın Karimli and the "Society Development Center" Public Union chaired by Ahmet Abbasbeyli joined together to form the Civil Society Monitoring Coalition. The coalition will conduct the monitoring process for 63 constituencies. Along with this coalition, the "Oilmen's Rights Protection Organization" Public Union chaired by Mirvari Kahramanli, the "For Civil Society" Public Union chaired by Rafiq Ismayil and the "Multimedia Information Systems and Technologies Center" Public Union chaired by Osman Gunduz joined together to form the Election Observation and Analysis Group Coalition. This coalition will observe the elections with more than 500 representatives. In addition to the observation coalitions, the Azerbaijan National NGO Forum, the International Eurasian Press Fund, the Public Association of the Disabled, Veterans and Martyrs' Families of the Azerbaijan Karabakh War, the Organization of War, Labor and Armed Forces Veterans, the Azerbaijan Student Youth Organization, the Union of Voluntary Organizations of Azerbaijan, and the National Council of Youth Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan will observe the elections.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-11 |title=Növbədənkənar Prezident seçkilərini hansı QHT-lər monitorinq və müşahidə edəcək? - ARAŞDIRMA |url=https://musavat.com/news/novbedenkenar-prezident-seckilerini-hansi-qht-ler-monitorinq-ve-musahide-edecek-arasdirma_1036229.html |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=musavat.com |language=az |archive-date=11 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111221517/https://musavat.com/news/novbedenkenar-prezident-seckilerini-hansi-qht-ler-monitorinq-ve-musahide-edecek-arasdirma_1036229.html?d=3 |url-status=live }}

As of 13 January 2024, the CEC had accredited over 20,500 observers, with 18,359 registered in district election commissions.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-13 |title=Prezident seçkisini neçə müşahidəçi izləyəcək? - MSK sədri açıqladı |url=https://modern.az/aktual/450831/prezident-sechkisini-neche-mushahidechi-izleyecek-msk-sedri-achiqladi/ |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=14 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114112248/https://modern.az/aktual/450831/prezident-sechkisini-neche-mushahidechi-izleyecek-msk-sedri-achiqladi/ |url-status=live }} By 18 January, the total number of accredited observers had risen to 25,841, including 153 international observers. Of these, 22,856 were accredited to observe specific districts, with 18,359 registered in district election commissions.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-18 |title=153 beynəlxalq müşahidəçi akkreditasiyadan keçdi |url=https://modern.az/aktual/451676/153-nefer-beynelxalq-mushahidechi-akkreditasiyadan-kechib/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=19 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119023832/https://modern.az/aktual/451676/153-nefer-beynelxalq-mushahidechi-akkreditasiyadan-kechib/ |url-status=live }} On 29 January, Mazahir Panahov announced that the number of international observers had reached 800.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-29 |title=Prezident seçkiləri üzrə qeydiyyatdan keçən beynəlxalq müşahidəçilərin sayı 800-ə çatır |url=https://azpolitika.info/?p=743749 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=AzPolitika |language=az |archive-date=30 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130014524/https://azpolitika.info/?p=743749 |url-status=live }} By 31 January, Panahov stated that the total number of registered observers exceeded 85,000.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-31 |title=Növbədənkənar prezident seçkiləri üzrə qeydiyyatdan keçən müşahidəçilərin sayı açıqlanıb |url=https://azpolitika.info/?p=744090 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=AzPolitika |language=az |archive-date=1 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201035110/https://azpolitika.info/?p=744090 |url-status=live }}

On 16 January 2024, the European Parliament issued joint statement that it would refrain from observing or commenting on the Azerbaijani presidential election and its outcomes, noting that any commentary on the election made by individual members will be done on their own accord and will not be representative of the European Parliament.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-16 |title=The European Parliament will not observe upcoming presidential elections in Azerbaijan |url=https://www.david-mcallister.de/the-european-parliament-will-not-observe-upcoming-presidential-elections-in-azerbaijan/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=www.david-mcallister.de |language=de-DE |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206002207/https://www.david-mcallister.de/the-european-parliament-will-not-observe-upcoming-presidential-elections-in-azerbaijan/ |url-status=live }}

The GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development's observation mission will monitor the upcoming presidential election in Azerbaijan, to which its delegation consists of five members, including GUAM Secretary-General Altay Efendiev, Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada deputies Sviatoslav Yurash and Mikhail Papiyev, Georgian deputy David Mamashvili, and Timoraz Kiladze, the program coordinator of the GUAM Cathedral.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-22 |title=GUAM-ın müşahidəçiləri Azərbaycanda seçkiləri izləyəcək |url=https://modern.az/aktual/452229/guam-in-mushahidechileri-azerbaycanda-sechkileri-izleyecek/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207233112/https://modern.az/aktual/452229/guam-in-mushahidechileri-azerbaycanda-sechkileri-izleyecek/ |url-status=live }}

Following the vote, OSCE monitors told a news conference in Baku that the election was “not competitive” and “was held in a restrictive environment”, adding that “recent arrests of critical journalists have hindered the media from operating freely”. It also noted “issues of secrecy of the vote, a lack of safeguards against multiple voting, indications of ballot stuffing", and raised “serious questions about whether ballots were counted and reported honestly".{{Cite web |date=2024-02-08 |title=Poll observers say Azerbaijan presidential vote marred by irregularities |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/8/poll-observers-say-azerbaijan-presidential-vote-marred-by-irregularities |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208144034/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/8/poll-observers-say-azerbaijan-presidential-vote-marred-by-irregularities |url-status=live }}

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A meeting of the Central Election Commission (CEC) was held on 8 December 2023, where the decision in holding a snap election was approved with a working group being established and CEC member Etibar Guliyev being appointed as the chairman of the group.

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According to the information provided by the CEC on 19 September 2023, electoral districts in Azerbaijan were reorganized whilst taking into account the norm of voter representation.{{Cite web |last=Mehdiyev |first=Elçin |date=2023-09-19 |title=Azərbaycanda seçki dairələrinin yeni sxemi təsdiqlənib (YENİLƏNİB) |url=https://az.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/3799417.html |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Trend.Az |language=az |archive-date=27 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927202557/https://az.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/3799417.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-19 |title=Dairə seçki komissiyalarının tərkibi niyə dəyişdirildi? - RƏSMİ AÇIQLAMA |url=https://oxu.az/politics/792229 |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Oxu.Az |language=az |archive-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024092101/https://oxu.az/politics/792229 |url-status=live }}

With the Azerbaijani takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh from the Republic of Artsakh, the 2024 election was held in all of Azerbaijan's recognized territory the first time,{{Cite web |date=2023-12-08 |title=Seçkilər ilk dəfə olaraq ölkəmizin bütün ərazilərində keçiriləcək - SPİKER |url=https://modern.az/parlament/445180/sechkiler-ilk-defe-olaraq-lkemizin-butun-erazilerinde-kechirilecek-spiker/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211172410/https://modern.az/parlament/445180/sechkiler-ilk-defe-olaraq-lkemizin-butun-erazilerinde-kechirilecek-spiker/ |url-status=live }} with 20,000 voters taking part in the vote in the polling stations in the previously-occupied Nagorno-Karabakh territories.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-08 |title=Azad edilən ərazilərdə 20 min seçici var - Onlar tarixə düşəcək... - VİDEO |url=https://modern.az/qarabag/445284/azad-edilen-erazilerde-20-min-sechici-var-onlar-tarixe-dushecek/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211171908/https://modern.az/qarabag/445284/azad-edilen-erazilerde-20-min-sechici-var-onlar-tarixe-dushecek/ |url-status=live }} During the CEC meeting on 16 December 2023, chairman Mazahir Panahov announced that elections would be held in the "liberated" city of Khankendi (formerly Stepanakert) for the first time under Azerbaijani control and that a newly-formed polling station will be located in the administrative building of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Province Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-16 |title="Azərbaycan seçicisi ilk dəfə Xankəndidə səs verərək tarixə düşəcək" - MSK sədri |url=https://azpolitika.info/?p=739316 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=AzPolitika |language=az |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216211108/https://azpolitika.info/?p=739316 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-16 |title=Xankəndidə seçki məntəqəsi bu binada yerləşəcək |url=https://azpolitika.info/?p=739317 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=AzPolitika |language=az |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216211051/https://azpolitika.info/?p=739317 |url-status=live }} According to the information provided, 26 polling stations will be created in nine constituencies covering the regions of Nagorno-Karabakh taken by Azerbaijan.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-16 |title=Xankəndidə yeni seçki məntəqəsi YARADILACAQ |url=https://modern.az/qarabag/446588/xankendide-yeni-sechki-menteqesi-yaradilacaq/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216210856/https://modern.az/qarabag/446588/xankendide-yeni-sechki-menteqesi-yaradilacaq/ |url-status=live }} On election day, both Aliyev and his wife and running-mate Mehriban cast their votes in Khankendi.{{Cite web |date=8 February 2024 |title=Azerbaijan's Aliyev re-elected as president for a fifth consecutive term |url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240207-biden-sending-aides-to-meet-arab-american-and-muslim-leaders-in-michigan |access-date=8 February 2024 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208000253/https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240207-biden-sending-aides-to-meet-arab-american-and-muslim-leaders-in-michigan |url-status=live }}

Approximately 110.9 million manats (0.3%) from the Azerbaijani government budget have been allocated for the expenses of holding elections and statistical measures, as stated in the Law "On the 2024 State Budget of the Republic of Azerbaijan".{{Cite web |date=2023-12-07 |title=Gələn il seçkilərə bu qədər vəsait XƏRCLƏNƏCƏK |url=https://modern.az/aktual/445028/gelen-il-sechkilere-bu-qeder-vesait-xerclenecek/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211173029/https://modern.az/aktual/445028/gelen-il-sechkilere-bu-qeder-vesait-xerclenecek/ |url-status=live }}

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On 16 December 2023, CEC chairman Mazahir Panahov noted that a new electoral roll system was drawn up, that in case if a voter passed away on election day, then it would be reported in the voter listing, to which the project was prepared with the cooperation of the Ministry of Justice.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-16 |title="Kimsə səsvermə günü belə dünyasını dəyişsə, biləcəyik" - MSK sədri |url=https://azpolitika.info/?p=739313 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=AzPolitika |language=az |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216211018/https://azpolitika.info/?p=739313 |url-status=live }} In addition, he also announced any voter who turned out in the polls for the first time and media organizations reporting from here will be rewarded.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-16 |title=Seçki zamanı onlar mükafatlandırılacaq |url=https://modern.az/aktual/446594/sechki-zamani-onlar-mukafatlandirilacaq/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216210857/https://modern.az/aktual/446594/sechki-zamani-onlar-mukafatlandirilacaq/ |url-status=live }}

The CEC held a meeting on 20 December 2023, after which chairman Panahov made statements to the press revealing the number of registered voters for the 2024 presidential election numbering to approximately 6,254,556 people.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-20 |title=Azərbaycanda seçicilərin sayı artıb |url=https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/azerbaycanda-secicilerin-sayi-artib/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=24 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224231630/https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/zeynal-nagdeliyev-butun-namizedlere-beraber-serait-yaradilmalidir/ |url-status=live }} The number of eligible voters in Azerbaijan has seen a significant increase, with a rise of 590,000 since the 2018 presidential election and an estimated 407,000 since the 2020 parliamentary election.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-30 |title=Seçki günü 18 yaşı tamam olacaq seçicilərin SAYI |url=https://modern.az/olke/453591/sechki-gunu-18-yashi-tamam-olacaq-sechicilerin-sayi/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131015006/https://modern.az/olke/453591/sechki-gunu-18-yashi-tamam-olacaq-sechicilerin-sayi/ |url-status=live }} Thus, a total of 6,524,203 paper ballots will be printed for the upcoming election, which will include the presidential candidates' last name, first name, and middle name arranged in alphabetical order.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-30 |title=Çap olunacaq seçki bülletenlərinin sayı açıqlandı |url=https://modern.az/olke/449040/chap-olunacaq-sechki-bulletenlerinin-sayi-achiqlandi/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230134654/https://modern.az/olke/449040/chap-olunacaq-sechki-bulletenlerinin-sayi-achiqlandi/ |url-status=live }}

The elections also coincided with the vacation break of the universities, and in this regard, Panahov requested the information list of university students from the Ministry of Science and Education in regard to their voter registration status and unveiled plan to create certain conditions for students to vote depending on their primary residence.{{Cite web |last=Abdullayeva |first=Samira |date=2023-12-23 |title=MSK sədri: "Elm və Təhsil Nazirliyi tələbələrin siyahısını bizə təqdim etməlidir" |url=https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/telebelerin-sesvermede-istiraki-ile-bagli-elm-ve-tehsil-nazirliyi-birge-islemek-lazimdir/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227021733/https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/telebelerin-sesvermede-istiraki-ile-bagli-elm-ve-tehsil-nazirliyi-birge-islemek-lazimdir/ |url-status=live }}

The CEC along with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs worked on assisting Azerbaijani citizens to vote overseas, with Panahov encouraging voters to register in the closest Azerbaijan's diplomatic missions. In 37 Azerbaijan's foreign diplomatic missions, a total of 49 polling stations have been established.{{Cite web |last=Abdullayeva |first=Samirə |date=2024-01-06 |title=Prezident seçkiləri ilə əlaqədar 37 xarici ölkədə 49 seçki məntəqəsi yaradılıb |url=https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/azerbaycan-xaricde-olan-37-numayendelikde-49-secki-menteqesi-yaradilib/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=6 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106185947/https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/zahid-oruc-ve-razi-nurullayevin-prezidentliye-namizedliyi-qeyde-alinib/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-12 |title=37 ölkədə 49 seçki məntəqəsi yaradılıb |url=https://modern.az/aktual/450763/37-lkede-49-sechki-menteqesi-yaradilib/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=14 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114112250/https://modern.az/aktual/450763/37-lkede-49-sechki-menteqesi-yaradilib/ |url-status=live }} Notably, the Azerbaijani embassy in Ankara, Turkey, has set up 55 polling stations, with additional stations located at the chief consulate in Istanbul and in Kars.{{Cite web |last=Məhərrəm |first=Aysel |date=2024-01-30 |title=Prezident seçkiləri ilə bağlı Türkiyədə 5 seçki məntəqəsi yaradılıb |url=https://modern.az/aktual/453570/prezident-sechkileri-ile-baghli-turkiyede-5-sechki-menteqesi-yaradilib/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131015657/https://modern.az/aktual/453570/prezident-sechkileri-ile-baghli-turkiyede-5-sechki-menteqesi-yaradilib/ |url-status=live }} Similarly, in the Russian Federation, polling stations are located at the Azerbaijani embassy headquarters in Moscow, as well as in Saint Petersburg and Yekaterinburg. Additionally, polling stations have been set up in various countries including Italy, South Korea, Kazakhstan (in cities such as Astana, Almaty, and Aktau), Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, the United Arab Emirates (including in Abu Dhabi and Dubai), the United Kingdom, China, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Georgia (in Tbilisi and Batumi), Jordan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (in Bern), the Netherlands, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Poland, Germany, the United States (in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles), Austria, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Greece, Iran (in Tehran and Tabriz), Belarus, Moldova, Hungary, and Romania.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-30 |title=Azərbaycanın xaricdə yaradılan seçki məntəqələrinin yerləşdiyi ölkələr məlum olub |url=https://azpolitika.info/?p=744044 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=AzPolitika |language=az |archive-date=3 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203143402/https://azpolitika.info/?p=744044 |url-status=live }}

According to the CEC, the persons whose candidacy is registered in the presidential elections will be allocated free airtime in the Azerbaijan Television and Radio Broadcasting for pre-election campaigning, as well as publication in Azerbaijan, Xalq Qəzeti, Respublika, and Bakinskiy Rabochiy newspapers.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-26 |title=Prezidentliyə namizədlərə ödənişsiz efir vaxtı və dərc üçün yerin ayrılacağı KİV-lər açıqlanıb - SİYAHI |url=https://azpolitika.info/?p=740409 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=AzPolitika |language=az |archive-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227012901/https://azpolitika.info/?p=740409 |url-status=live }}

44 media organizations applied to join the paid pre-election campaign in the election.{{Cite web |title=Ödənişli seçkiqabağı təşviqata qoşulmaqla bağlı Mərkəzi Seçki Komissiyasına təqdim edilmiş məlumat - Azərbaycan Respublikası Mərkəzi Seçki Komsissiyası |url=https://www.msk.gov.az/az/elections/prezident-seckileri/07-02-2024/1229/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Central Election Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan |language=az |archive-date=14 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114112252/https://www.msk.gov.az/az/elections/prezident-seckileri/07-02-2024/1229/ |url-status=live }}

On 15 January 2024, a lot was cast for the campaign list of candidates in the Azerbaijan newspaper. The result was as follows: Elşad Musayev; Fuad Aliyev; Fazil Mustafa; Zahid Oruj; Ilham Aliyev; Qüdrat Hasanquliyev; Razi Nurullayev.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-15 |title="Azərbaycan" qəzetində namizədlərin təşviqatı üçün püşk atıldı |url=https://modern.az/aktual/451033/azerbaycan-qezetinde-namizedlerin-teshviqati-uchun-pushk-atildi/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=15 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115105251/https://modern.az/aktual/451033/azerbaycan-qezetinde-namizedlerin-teshviqati-uchun-pushk-atildi/ |url-status=live }}

On 2 February 2024, the Oracle Advisory Group and the Civil Rights Defense League unveiled the results of a joint survey, indicating overwhelming support for Ilham Aliyev's candidacy for the presidency, which was criticized by presidential candidate Qüdrat Hasanquliyev for not being in line with reality despite acknowledging Aliyev's high popularity.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-03 |title="Sorğu"nu keçirənlərin əsil məqsədi də budur..." - Qüdrət Həsənquliyev |url=https://azpolitika.info/?p=744417 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=AzPolitika |language=az |archive-date=4 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204014942/https://azpolitika.info/?p=744417 |url-status=live }}

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At midnight on 7 February, preliminary election results were announced by the chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC), Mazahir Panahov. With 54.5% of the votes reportedly counted, Ilham Aliyev was declared the winner of the election, securing over 92.1% of the vote.{{Cite web |last=Aslanqızı |first=Aysel |date=2024-02-07 |title=MSK səsvermənin ilkin nəticələrini elan etdi: İlham Əliyev 92,1% səslə liderdir |url=https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/msk-sesvermenin-ilkin-neticlerini-elan-etdi-ilham-eliyev-ses-toplayib/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232138/https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/msk-sesvermenin-ilkin-neticlerini-elan-etdi-ilham-eliyev-ses-toplayib/ |url-status=live }}

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|party2=Independent

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|cand3=Fazil Mustafa

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|party4=Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party

|cand4=Qüdrat Hasanquliyev

|votes4=85411

|party5=National Front Party

|cand5=Razi Nurullayev

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|party6=Great Azerbaijan Party

|cand6={{ill|Elşad Musayev|az}}

|votes6=32885

|party7=Independent

|cand7={{ill|Fuad Aliyev|az|Fuad Əliyev (siyasətçi)}}

|votes7=26517

|invalid = 9828

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|source = [https://msk.gov.az/uploads/Prezident2024/CEC_protocol-2024.pdf CEC]

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Authorities said that at least 76% of the electorate had turned out to vote in the first nine hours of the election.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-08 |title=European monitors says Azerbaijan's election took place in a restrictive environment |url=https://apnews.com/article/azerbaijan-election-ilham-aliyev-be047f9e4da5d17cc3226e185124a66e |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Associated Press |language=en |archive-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208140910/https://apnews.com/article/azerbaijan-election-ilham-aliyev-be047f9e4da5d17cc3226e185124a66e |url-status=live }}

In response to the announcement of Aliyev's victory, a support march was organized by supporters in the streets of Baku.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Bakıda İlham Əliyevə dəstək yürüşü - FOTOLAR |url=https://modern.az/aktual/454864/bskida-ilham-eliyeve-destek-yurushu-fotolar/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207231704/https://modern.az/aktual/454864/bskida-ilham-eliyeve-destek-yurushu-fotolar/ |url-status=live }} Various celebrations over Aliyev's win took place in several cities including Ganja, Shusha, Biləsuvar, Cəlilabad, and Lachin.{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-02-07 |title=Gəncədə İlham Əliyevin qələbəsi qeyd olunur - FOTO/VİDEO |url=https://modern.az/aktual/454870/gencede-ilham-eliyevin-qelebesi-qeyd-olunur-foto-video/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232031/https://modern.az/aktual/454870/gencede-ilham-eliyevin-qelebesi-qeyd-olunur-foto-video/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-02-07 |title=Şuşa küçələrində yürüş - VİDEO |url=https://modern.az/qarabag/454873/shushada-ilham-eliyeve-destek-yurushu-video/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232149/https://modern.az/qarabag/454873/shushada-ilham-eliyeve-destek-yurushu-video/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-02-08 |title=Laçında qələbə coşğusu - FOTO |url=https://modern.az/aktual/454898/lachinda-qelebe-coshghusu-foto/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207231732/https://modern.az/aktual/454898/lachinda-qelebe-coshghusu-foto/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Biləsuvar və Cəlilabadda İlham Əliyevə dəstək avtoyürüşü keçirilir |url=https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/bilesuvar-ve-celilabadda-ilham-eliyeve-destek-avtoyurusu-kecirilir/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232018/https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/bilesuvar-ve-celilabadda-ilham-eliyeve-destek-avtoyurusu-kecirilir/ |url-status=live }} Victory parades were also held in Quba, Khachmaz, and Şabran.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Şimal bölgəsində seçki yürüşü keçirilib |url=https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/simal-bolgesinde-secki-yurusu-kecirilib/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207233358/https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/prezident-seckilerinde-en-yuksek-ve-en-asagi-secici-fealligi-olan-daireler-melum-olub/ |url-status=live }}

The Musavat party issued a statement calling for the election results to be annulled, citing concerns about the undemocratic nature of the vote. The party proposed a re-run of presidential elections that genuinely reflect "the free will of the Azerbaijani people and adhere to international standards".{{Cite web |last=Fərhadoğlu |first=Tapdıq |date=2024-02-07 |title=Müsavat Partiyası seçkilərin nəticələrinin ləğv edilməsini tələb edir |url=https://www.amerikaninsesi.org/a/7478115.html |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Voice of America |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207233415/https://www.amerikaninsesi.org/a/7478115.html |url-status=live }}

After the announcement of the exit polls, Aliyev received congratulatory messages from various leaders. He was congratulated by the presidents of Turkey,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Türkiyə Respublikasının Prezidenti Rəcəb Tayyib Ərdoğandan » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi |url=https://president.az/az/articles/view/63547 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=president.az |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232108/https://president.az/az/articles/view/63547 |url-status=live }} Uzbekistan,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Özbəkistan Respublikasının Prezidenti Şavkat Mirziyoyev İlham Əliyevə zəng edib » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi |url=https://president.az/az/articles/view/63545 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=president.az |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232123/https://president.az/az/articles/view/63545 |url-status=live }} Kazakhstan,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-08 |title=President of Kazakhstan makes phone call to President Ilham Aliyev |url=https://www.azernews.az/nation/221421.html |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Azernews.Az |language=en}} Kyrgyzstan,{{cite web|url=https://interfax.az/view/909428|title= Жапаров поздравил Алиева с победой на выборах, подтвердил готовность углублять всестороннее сотрудничество между Баку и Бишкеком|lang=ru|work=Interfax-Azerbaijan|date=2024-02-09|access-date=2024-07-29}} Turkmenistan{{Cite web |date=2024-02-08 |title=The President of Turkmenistan congratulated the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan|url=https://turkmenistan.gov.tm/en/post/80110/president-turkmenistan-congratulated-president-republic- |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Government of Turkmenistan |language=en}} and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Macarıstanın Baş naziri Viktor Orban İlham Əliyevə zəng edib » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi |url=https://president.az/az/articles/view/63548 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=president.az |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232108/https://president.az/az/articles/view/63548 |url-status=live }} the member and observers of the Organization of Turkic States. Additionally, Ersin Tatar, the president of Northern Cyprus, also congratulated Aliyev on his victory.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Şimali Kiprin lideri Azərbaycan Prezidenti İlham Əliyevi təbrik edib |url=https://report.az/xarici-siyaset/simali-kiprin-lideri-azerbaycan-prezidenti-ilham-eliyevi-tebrik-edib/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232209/https://report.az/xarici-siyaset/simali-kiprin-lideri-azerbaycan-prezidenti-ilham-eliyevi-tebrik-edib/ |url-status=live }} He was also congratulated by Albania,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-09 |title=Albanian PM congratulates Azerbaijan President on his landslide victory in election|url=https://www.azernews.az/nation/221517.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=AzerNews |language=en|author=Abbas Ganbay}} Algeria,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-16 |title=From Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria|url=https://president.az/en/articles/view/64134 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=President of Azerbaijan |language=en|author=Abdelmadjid Tebboune}} Bangladesh,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-16 |title=From Mohammed Shahabuddin, President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh|url=https://president.az/en/articles/view/64143 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=President of Azerbaijan |language=en|author=Mohammed Shahabuddin}} Belarus,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Belarus Respublikasının Prezidenti Aleksandr Lukaşenko İlham Əliyevə zəng edib » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi |url=https://president.az/az/articles/view/63546 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=president.az |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232107/https://president.az/az/articles/view/63546 |url-status=live }} Chinese President Xi Jinping,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-08 |title=Çin Xalq Respublikasının Sədri Si Cinpindən » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi |url=https://president.az/az/articles/view/63554 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=president.az |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232235/https://president.az/az/articles/view/63554 |url-status=live }} Egypt,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-21 |title=From Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt|url=https://president.az/en/articles/view/64452 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=President of Azerbaijan |language=en|author=Abdel Fattah el-Sisi}} both the Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili{{cite web|url=https://aze.media/salome-zurabishvili-congratulated-ilham-aliyev/|title=Salome Zurabishvili congratulated Ilham Aliyev|work=Aze.Media|date=2024-02-12|access-date=2024-07-29}} and prime minister Irakli Kobakhidze,{{cite web|url=https://news.az/news/georgian-prime-minister-congratulates-azerbaijani-president-on-election-victory|title=Georgian prime minister congratulates Azerbaijani president on election victory|work=NEWS.AZ|date=2024-02-09|access-date=2024-07-29}} Kuwait,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-11 |title=Kuwaiti Amir and Prime Minister congratulate President Ilham Aliyev on his victory in election|url=https://president.az/en/articles/view/63807 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=President of Azerbaijan |language=en}} Iran,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=İran İslam Respublikasının Prezidenti Seyid İbrahim Rəisidən » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi |url=https://president.az/az/articles/view/63553 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=president.az |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232254/https://president.az/az/articles/view/63553 |url-status=live }} Iraq,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=İraq Respublikasının Prezidenti Əbdüllətif Camal Rəşid İlham Əliyevə zəng edib » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi |url=https://president.az/az/articles/view/63551 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=president.az |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232231/https://president.az/az/articles/view/63551 |url-status=live }} Morocco,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-15 |title=From Mohammed VI, King of Morocco|url=https://president.az/en/articles/view/64088 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=President of Azerbaijan |language=en|author=Mohammed VI of Morocco}} Mozambique,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-27 |title=From Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique|url=https://president.az/en/articles/view/64705 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=President of Azerbaijan |language=en|author=Filipe Nyusi}} Oman,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-10 |title=Sultan of Oman congratulated President Ilham Aliyev on his landslide victory in election|url=https://president.az/en/articles/view/63805 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=President of Azerbaijan |language=en}} Pakistan,{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-02-08 |title=Pakistan Prezidentindən təbrik paylaşımı |url=https://modern.az/aktual/454897/pakistan-prezidentinden-tebrik-paylashimi/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232140/https://modern.az/aktual/454897/pakistan-prezidentinden-tebrik-paylashimi/ |url-status=live }} Palestine,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-09 |title=From Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization|url=https://president.az/en/articles/view/63695 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=President of Azerbaijan |language=en|author=Mahmoud Abbas}} Qatar,{{cite web|url=https://www.qna.org.qa/en/News-Area/News/2024-02/08/0040-hh-the-amir-sends-congratulations-to-president-of-azerbaijan-on-his-reelection|title=HH the Amir Sends Congratulations to President of Azerbaijan on His Reelection|date=2024-02-07|access-date=2024-07-29|work=Qatar News Agency}} Serbia,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Serbiya Respublikasının Prezidenti Aleksandar Vuçiçdən » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi |url=https://president.az/az/articles/view/63550 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=president.az |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232213/https://president.az/az/articles/view/63550 |url-status=live }} Tajikistan,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-08 |title=Congratulatory telegram to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev |url=https://www.mfa.tj/en/main/view/14315/congratulatory-telegram-to-the-president-of-the-republic-of-azerbaijan-ilham-aliyev |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan |language=en}} Tunisia,{{Cite web |date=2024-03-06 |title=From Kais Saied, President of the Republic of Tunisia|url=https://president.az/en/articles/view/65189 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=President of Azerbaijan |language=en|author=Kais Saied}} Venezuela,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-20 |title=Nicolás Maduro felicitó a Ilham Aliyev por las "democráticas" elecciones presidenciales que ganó con el 92,12% de los votos|url=https://www.diarioarmenia.org.ar/nicolas-maduro-felicito-a-ilham-aliyev-por-las-democraticas-elecciones-presidenciales-que-gano-con-el-9212-de-los-votos/|access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Diario Armenia|language=es}} Saudi king Salman,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-11 |title=Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Congratulates President of Azerbaijan on his Re-election for New Term|url=https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2045048|access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Saudi Press Agency |language=en}} Russian president Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Aliyev also received congratulations from various Turkish politicians, including Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu,{{Cite web |last=Novruzov |first=Kənan |date=2024-02-07 |title=Türkiyə siyasətçiləri İlham Əliyevə uğurlar arzulayıblar |url=https://report.az/xarici-siyaset/turkiye-siyasileri-30-ilden-qarabagda-kecirilen-prezident-seckileri-ili-bagli-paylasim-edib-ilham-eliyeve-ugurlar-arzulayib/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232213/https://report.az/xarici-siyaset/turkiye-siyasileri-30-ilden-qarabagda-kecirilen-prezident-seckileri-ili-bagli-paylasim-edib-ilham-eliyeve-ugurlar-arzulayib/ |url-status=live }} Numan Kurtulmuş, speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey,{{Cite web |last=Novruzov |first=Kənan |date=2024-02-07 |title=TBMM sədri İlham Əliyevi yenidən Prezident seçilməsi münasibətilə təbrik edib |url=https://report.az/xarici-siyaset/tbmm-sedri-yeniden-prezident-secilmesi-munasibetile-ilham-eliyevi-tebrik-edib/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232220/https://report.az/xarici-siyaset/tbmm-sedri-yeniden-prezident-secilmesi-munasibetile-ilham-eliyevi-tebrik-edib/ |url-status=live }} Vice President Fuat Oktay,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Türkiyəli siyasətçilərdən prezidentə təbrik MESAJLARI |url=https://modern.az/aktual/454895/turkiyeli-siyasetchilerden-prezidente-tebrik-mesajlari/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=modern.az |language=az-AZ |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207232206/https://modern.az/aktual/454895/turkiyeli-siyasetchilerden-prezidente-tebrik-mesajlari/ |url-status=live }} Ömer Çelik, the spokesman for the Presidential Administration,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Ömer Çelik İlham Əliyevi təbrik edib |url=https://musavat.com/news/omer-celik-ilham-eliyevi-tebrik-edib_1043004.html?d=1 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=musavat.com |language=az |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207221350/https://musavat.com/news/omer-celik-ilham-eliyevi-tebrik-edib_1043004.html?d=1 |url-status=live }} and Sinan Oğan, a far-right candidate in the 2023 Turkish presidential election.

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