▁third ▁five - year ▁term . ▁E lection ▁observation ▁deleg ations ▁from ▁the ▁Parliament ary ▁Assembly ▁of ▁the ▁Council ▁of ▁Europe ▁and ▁the ▁European ▁Parliament ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁observed ▁a ▁free , ▁fair ▁and ▁transparent ▁elect oral ▁process ▁with ▁no ▁evidence ▁of ▁vot er ▁int im id ation . ▁A ▁day ▁before ▁voting ▁began , ▁however , ▁the ▁Central ▁E lection ▁Commission ▁released ▁a ▁new ▁smart phone ▁application ▁intended ▁to ▁allow ▁citizens ▁to ▁watch ▁the ▁ball ot ▁counting ▁in ▁real ▁time , ▁and ▁instead ▁the ▁app ▁accident ally ▁showed ▁the ▁results ▁of ▁the ▁election ▁before ▁the ▁election ▁had ▁taken ▁place . ▁The ▁Central ▁E lection ▁Commission ▁tried ▁to ▁explain ▁this ▁away ▁by ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁initially ▁displayed ▁results ▁were ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁election , ▁even ▁though ▁the ▁candidates ▁listed ▁were ▁from ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁ball ot . ▁Ali ye v ' s ▁main ▁riv als ▁in ▁the ▁election ▁were ▁J amil ▁Has an li ▁and ▁Ig bal ▁Ag az ade . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Am n esty ▁International ▁called ▁on ▁western ▁leaders ▁to ▁present ▁position ▁on ▁ja iled ▁activ ist ▁which ▁was ▁officially ▁charged ▁with ▁tax ▁ev asion ▁and ▁illegal ▁business ▁activity . ▁Il ham ▁Ali ye v ▁has ▁been ▁critic ized ▁for ▁his ▁ill iber al ▁rule ▁and ▁sometimes ▁A zer ba ij an ▁was ▁perce ived ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁cor rupt ▁states ▁in ▁Europe ▁by ▁anal yst s ▁and ▁political ▁comment ators . Ob ser vers ▁from ▁the ▁OS