National Assembly of Azerbaijan. Rauf Gurbanov was elected chairman of the party after a long dispute with Rustam Shahsuvarov. Gurbanov was replaced by Haji Hajiyev. Results The party claims that it has 60.000 members. The party publishes the newspaper Azərbaycan Həqiqəti. In the parliamentary election of 5 November 2000 and 7 January 2001, the party won 6.3% of the popular vote and 2 out of 125 seats. In the parliamentary elections of 6 November 2005 won no seats, but the chairman Ramiz Ahmadov was not running due to health problems. In the municipal election of 17 December 2004, the party did very well and it elected 128 members to the local municipalities. In the presidential election of 15 October 2008, the AzKP supported the candidate from the Yeni Azerbaijan ruling party, current president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. The AzKP is part of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2001). References External links 1993 establishments in Azerbaijan Communist parties in Azerbaijan Political parties established in 1993 Political parties in Azerbaijan International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties