Azerbaijan’s Aliyev re-elected president with 86% of vote: partial results

Baku (AFP) – Azerbaijan strongman Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday secured a fourth consecutive term in a snap election boycotted by the main opposition parties, according to partial results, officials said.

In power for 15 years, Aliyev received 86.1 percent of the vote, the Central Election Commission said, after 67.3 percent of votes were counted.