Azerbaijan's ruling party Yeni Azerbaijan won Sunday's parliamentary election, gaining 71 seats in the South Caucasus country's legislative assembly, the Central Election Commission said citing preliminary results.
The opposition said the vote was rigged, but the party denied the accusations.
Under the Azerbaijani constitution, elections to the 125-seat one-chamber parliament are held every five years. All seats are allocated under the majority, or first-past-the-post, system.
Yeni Azerbaijan (the New Azerbaijan), founded by the late Heydar Aliyev in the early 1990s, is now led by his son, President Ilham Aliyev.
BAKU, November 8 (RIA Novosti)
