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Unity Party

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

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	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