2018 Azerbaijani presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan on 11 April 2018. The elections were the first since the 2016 constitutional referendum, which extended the presidential term from five to seven years. Incumbent President Ilham Aliyev was re-elected president for a seven-year term.

The elections, which took place in an authoritarian context, were characterized as fraudulent. Major opposition parties were disqualified before the election and Aliyev's regime imprisoned major opposition figures. Eight candidates ran for the presidency, although there were doubts as to whether the opposition candidates were genuine candidates; Zahid Oruj, the runner-up in the election, asked his supporters to vote for Aliyev and praised his regime.