Azerbaijan's ruling party on course for one-seat majority in election, exit poll forecasts

BAKU (Reuters) – Azerbaijan’s ruling party was on course for the narrowest of victories on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election called by President Ilham Aliyev, according to an exit poll.

The poll, conducted by Oracle Advisory Group, said Aliyev’s New Azerbaijan party was set to win 63 out of 125 seats, down from 69 in the outgoing parliament.

(Reporting by Nailia Bagirova in Baku; Writing by Mark Trevelyan; Editing by Alex Richardson)