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Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 9 October 2013.〔(Central Election Commission declares Azerbaijani presidential elections will be held on October 9 ) Azerbaijan Business Centre, 14 January 2013〕 The result was a victory for incumbent President Ilham Aliyev, who received 84.5% of the vote, whilst leading opposition candidate Jamil Hasanli finished second with 5.5% of the vote. The election was marred by claims of irregularities; official results were accidentally released by the government's Central Election Commission through a mobile app before voting began, giving incumbent Aliyev a victory with 72.38% of the vote. The commission later recalled the results, claiming that they were taken from the 2008 elections.〔 This claim has been disputed, given that the results accidentally released included the candidates from the 2013 elections,〔 and that the percentages differed from the 2008 results. ==Background== All previous elections in Azerbaijan observed by OSCE fell short of meeting international standards. In 2009 an amendment was made to the Constitution of Azerbaijan, which abolished the limit of two consecutive presidential terms and allowed incumbent Aliyev, who had already served for two terms, to run for president for unlimited number of times.〔(Controversial constitutional referendum in Azerbaijan passed, 19 Mar 2009 )〕 The constitutional amendment was condemned by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, which stated that "the abolition of existing limits preventing the unlimited re-election of a President is a step back, in terms of democratic achievements".〔 (Venice Commission Questions Constitutional Changes In Azerbaijan )〕〔(Opinion No. 518/2008 "OPINION ON THE DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN" Venice, 13-14 March 2009 )〕 The amendment was also criticized by the Azerbaijani opposition.〔(Opposition Condemns Changes to Azeri Constitution )〕 On the basis of the amendment in 2013 Ilham Aliyev ran for president for the third time. After his visit to Azerbaijan the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Jean-Claude Mignon called on the authorities to fully respect their obligations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Azerbaijani presidential election, 2013」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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