Unity Party (Azerbaijan)
{{Short description|Azerbaijani political party}}
{{redirect|Vahdat Party|the similarly named party|Iran Unity Party}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Unity Party
| native_name = Vəhdət Partiyası
| native_name_lang = az
| logo = 200px
| colorcode = {{party color|Unity Party (Azerbaijan)}}
| abbreviation = VP
| split = Azerbaijani Popular Front Party
| chairman = Tahir Kərimli
| leader1_title = Vice Chairman
| leader1_name = Əbdülvahab Manafov
Vasif Əfəndiyev
| founder = Tahir Kərimli
| founded = {{Start date|1994|||df=yes}}
| registered ={{Start date|1998|12|11|df=yes}}
| headquarters = B.Səfəroglu, 28, Baku
| membership = 1,000
| ideology = Political unionism (Restoration of territorial integrity with fair resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict)
| anthem = Koroghlu opera
| position =
| seats1_title = National Assembly
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|125|hex={{party color|Unity Party (Azerbaijan)}}}}
| website = [https://www.facebook.com/vehdetpartiyasi/ Facebook page]
| country = Azerbaijan
}}{{Politics of Azerbaijan}}
The Unity Party ({{langx|az|Vəhdət Partiyası}}, VP) is a political party in Azerbaijan led by Tahir Kərimli. It supports a resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that restores the pre-conflict territorial boundaries of Azerbaijan.{{cite journal |last1=Aslanov |first1=Bakhtiyar |last2=Samedzade |first2=Sevinj |title=The Positions of Political Parties and Movements in Azerbaijan on the Resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict |journal=Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation |date=December 2017 |url=https://caucasusedition.net/the-positions-of-political-parties-and-movements-in-azerbaijan-on-the-resolution-of-the-nagorno-karabakh-conflict/ |access-date=17 September 2021}} [https://caucasusedition.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Azerbaijan-Political-Parties.pdf Article PDF]
History
The party was established in 1995.Europa World Yearbook 2004, Taylor & Francis Group, p634 In April 2000 a breakaway led to the formation of the Unity Party II, which later merged into the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party. It supported Ilham Aliyev of the New Azerbaijan Party in the 2008 presidential elections.[http://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/1012504.html Vahdat Party to Support Candidacy of Current President of Azerbaijan at Presidential Elections] Trend, 19 September 2007
In the 2015 parliamentary elections the party won a single seat,[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2019_E.htm Last elections] IPU with Kərimli elected in the Ağsu-İsmayilli constituency.[https://www.infocenter.gov.az/archive/millimeclis2015.aspx?i=1&dsk=87 87. Ağsu-İsmayilli] MSK
Election results
= National Assembly elections =
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Election
! Leader ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! Position ! Government |
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2010
| rowspan=4 | Tahir Kerimli | 2,186 | 0.09 | {{Composition bar|0|125|hex={{party color|Unity Party (Azerbaijan)}}}} | New | {{decrease}} 25th | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
2015
| 15,070 | 0.53 | {{Composition bar|1|125|hex={{party color|Unity Party (Azerbaijan)}}}} | {{increase}} 1 | {{decrease}} 9th | {{no2|Opposition}} |
2020
| 11,347 | 0.49 | {{Composition bar|0|125|hex={{party color|Unity Party (Azerbaijan)}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | {{increase}} 8th | {{no2|Opposition}} |
2024
| 3,159 | 0.13 | {{Composition bar|0|125|hex={{party color|Unity Party (Azerbaijan)}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 | {{decrease}} 18th | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
References
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Category:1995 establishments in Azerbaijan
Category:Political parties established in 1995
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