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Radio Free Europe: Aliyev secures fourth term in vote criticized as uncompetitive

Published April 12, 2018 at 1:11 pm

People vote at a polling station during Azerbaijan's presidential election in Baku on April 11, 2018.Azerbaijan voted on April 11, 2018 in a snap presidential election boycotted by the main opposition parties and expected to extend the autocratic rule of current President. / AFP PHOTO / TOFIK BABAYEV

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Azerbaijan’s authoritarian president, Ilham Aliyev, has secured a landslide victory in a snap presidential election that was boycotted by the main opposition parties.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) said in a statement that Aliyev received 86 percent of the vote with 94 percent of votes counted. Turnout was 74.5 percent, the statement added.