Civic Solidarity Party

Civic Solidarity Party
Vətəndaş Həmrəyliyi Partiyası
LeaderSabir Rustamkhanli
Founded26 September 1992
Preceded byAzerbaijani Popular Front
HeadquartersBaku
IdeologyNational conservatism
Populism
Political positionRight-wing
Parliament:
3 / 125
Website
http://vhp.az/

The Civic Solidarity Party (Azerbaijani: Vətəndaş Həmrəyliyi Partiyası, VHP) is a political party in Azerbaijan. It was founded in 1992.[1] The party's leader is Sabir Rustamkhanli, who is originally a poet. The party's ideology is based on the "universal political values of freedom, equality and solidarity".[2]

At the 2010 parliamentary elections, it won 3 out of 125 seats.[3] In the 2015 parliamentary elections, it won 2 out of 125 seats. In the 2020 parliamentary elections, it won 3 out of 125 seats.

According to a 2023 report by the State Committee for Family, Women and Children's Issues, 61% of the members of the Civic Solidarity Party were men and 39% were women.[4]

Election results

National Assembly elections

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1995–1996 Sabir Rustamkhanli
1 / 125
New 10th Support
2000–2001 182,777 6.43
3 / 125
2 3rd Support
2005
2 / 125
1 3rd Support
2010 46,512 1.95
2 / 125
1 3rd Support
2015 37,561 1.32
2 / 125
1 3rd Support
2020 27,121 1.16
3 / 125
1 3rd Support
2024 33,722 1.42
3 / 125
0 2nd Support

References

  1. ^ "Head" (in Azerbaijani)
  2. ^ "Manifesto" (in Azerbaijani)
  3. ^ Republic of Azerbaijan Legislative Elelction of 7 November 2010. Azerbaijan Election Commission. Archived 5 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
  4. ^ modern.az. "Hansı siyasi partiyalarda qadınlar daha çoxdur? - SİYAHI". Modern.az İnformasiya Agentliyi (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 8 June 2025.