2000–01 Azerbaijani parliamentary election

2000–01 Azerbaijani parliamentary election
5 November 2000
All 125 seats in the National Assembly
63 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
New Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev 62.3 75 +22
Popular Front Ali Karimli 11.0 6 +2
Civic Solidarity Sabir Rustamkhanli 6.4 3 +2
Communist Ramiz Ahmadov 6.3 2 New
Musavat Isa Gambar 4.9 2 +1
AMİP Etibar Mammadov 3.9 2 −2
Alliance 1.0 1 +1
Social Prosperity Xanhüseyn Kazımlı 1 +1
Motherland Fazail Agamali 1 0
Compatriot Party Mais Səfərli 1 New
Independents – 30 −25
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker before Speaker after
Murtuz Alasgarov Murtuz Alasgarov

Parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on 5 November 2000, although a re-run had to be held in 11 constituencies on 7 January 2001 due to "massive irregularities". In the lead-up to the election, the authoritarian Heydar Aliyev regime banned seven opposition parties (including Musavat, the major opposition party to Aliyev's New Azerbaijan Party) from contesting the election.

The result was a victory for the New Azerbaijan Party, which won 75 of the 125 seats.

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