Unity Party (Azerbaijan)

"Vahdat Party" redirects here. For the similarly named party, see Iran Unity Party.

The Unity Party (Azerbaijani: Vəhdət Partiyası, VP) is a political party in Azerbaijan led by Tahir Kərimli. It supports a resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that restores the pre-conflict territorial boundaries of Azerbaijan.^[1]

Unity Party Vəhdət Partiyası
Abbreviation	VP
Chairman	Tahir Kərimli
Vice Chairman	Əbdülvahab Manafov Vasif Əfəndiyev
Founder	Tahir Kərimli
Founded	1994 (1994)
Registered	11 December 1998 (1998-12-11)
Split from	Azerbaijani Popular Front Party
Headquarters	B.Səfəroglu, 28, Baku
Membership	1,000
Ideology	Political unionism[1] (Restoration of territorial integrity with fair resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict)
Anthem	Koroghlu opera
National Assembly	1 / 125
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History

The party was established in 1995.^[2] In April 2000 a breakaway led to the formation of the Unity Party II, which later merged into the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party.^[2] It supported Ilham Aliyev of the New Azerbaijan Party in the 2008 presidential elections.^[3]

In the 2015 parliamentary elections the party won a single seat,^[4] with Kərimli elected in the Ağsu-İsmayilli constituency.^[5]

Election results

National Assembly elections

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
2010	Tahir Kerimli	2,186	0.09	0 / 125	New	25th	Extra-parliamentary
2015		15,070	0.53	1 / 125	1	9th	Opposition
2020		11,347	0.49	0 / 125	0	8th	Opposition
2024		3,159	0.13	0 / 125	1	18th	Extra-parliamentary