Aliyev Wins Third Term in Azerbaijan

Ilham Aliyev won a third term as president of Azerbaijan, on Wednesday.

Facing nine opponents Aliyev took eighty-five percent of the vote, with only one other candidate taking more than five percent.

The opposition is accusing Aliyev's government of fixing the election, adding to their usual accusations of corruption.

In 2003, Ilham followed his father as president, after Heydar Aliyev had served two terms of his own.

Until 2009, after Aliyev was in his second term, the Azerbijan constitution did not allow for third terms, but he pushed through a referendum removing term limits.