On 7 June 2013 the New Azerbaijan Party nominated incumbent President Ilham Aliyev as their official presidential candidate.
MP Mubariz Gurbanli announced that according to the Election Code of Azerbaijan Republic, the party had not only filled its signature requirements but could get more than the minimum 40,000 required signatures.
He said: "The signature lists have been ready for already 4-5 days, but they can be submitted to the Central Election Commission starting from 20 August, that is, 50 days before the elections under the legislation.
So, our employees will submit the signature lists to CEC tomorrow.
Under the law, the CEC will issue a document confirming the candidate’s participation in the elections after it reviews them."

In the meantime, playwright Rustam Ibragimbekov was chosen as the leader of the newly created National Council of Democratic Forces.
The NCDF brought together main opposition forces, including Musavat, the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party, Open Society, Forum of Intellectuals.
The alliance set as its main goal the "peaceful transition to democracy."
Ibragimbekov was denied registration by the Central Election Commission because he "along with the citizenship of Azerbaijan, also of Russian citizenship and his commitment to the Russian Federation."

In late August, the united opposition picked historian Jamil Hasanli as its candidate.
During the rally on September 28, Hasanli called on people to vote for him to "end the dictatorship of one family in Azerbaijan."
A day before the election, main opposition candidate Jamil Hasanli stated that he is "running in this election with the paramount aim of ending 20 years of the Aliyev dynasty's misrule of my country, and restoring Azerbaijani democracy."
On 7 June 2013 the New Azerbaijan Party nominated incumbent President Ilham Aliyev as their official presidential candidate. MP Mubariz Gurbanli announced that according to the Election Code of Azerbaijan Republic, the party had not only filled its signature requirements but could get more than the minimum 40,000 required signatures. He said: "The signature lists have been ready for already 4-5 days, but they can be submitted to the Central Election Commission starting from 20 August, that is, 50 days before the elections under the legislation. So, our employees will submit the signature lists to CEC tomorrow. Under the law, the CEC will issue a document confirming the candidate’s participation in the elections after it reviews them."
In the meantime, playwright Rustam Ibragimbekov was chosen as the leader of the newly created National Council of Democratic Forces. The NCDF brought together main opposition forces, including Musavat, the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party, Open Society, Forum of Intellectuals. The alliance set as its main goal the "peaceful transition to democracy." Ibragimbekov was denied registration by the Central Election Commission because he "along with the citizenship of Azerbaijan, also of Russian citizenship and his commitment to the Russian Federation."
In late August, the united opposition picked historian Jamil Hasanli as its candidate. During the rally on September 28, Hasanli called on people to vote for him to "end the dictatorship of one family in Azerbaijan." A day before the election, main opposition candidate Jamil Hasanli stated that he is "running in this election with the paramount aim of ending 20 years of the Aliyev dynasty's misrule of my country, and restoring Azerbaijani democracy."
2013 Azerbaijani presidential election