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Political party in Azerbaijan
White Party
ChairmanTural Abbaslı [az]
Founded1993

The White Party (Azerbaijani: Ağ Partiya) is a political party in Azerbaijan.

History

The party was established in 1993 by Kerar Abilov [az] as the United Azerbaijan Party. Abilov contested the presidential elections that year, finishing second but with only 40,000 votes to the 3.9 million claimed to have been received by incumbent president Heydar Aliyev.

In 2016 Tural Abbaslı [az] left the Musavat party and joined United Azerbaijan. In a party congress held on 26 June 2016 the party's name was changed to the White Party and Abbaslı was elected as chairman. However, the name change was not recognised by the Ministry of Justice until 2020. The party contested the 2020 parliamentary elections under its original name, receiving 0.3% of the vote and failing to win a seat.

In the 2024 parliamentary elections the party received 0.6% of the vote, again failing to win a seat.

Election results

National Assembly elections

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
2020 Tural Abbaslı 6,358 0.27 0 / 125 New Increase 13th Extra-parliamentary
2024 13,564 0.57 0 / 125 Steady 0 Increase 9th Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p364 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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