President Ilham Aliyev’s ruling party has secured the majority of seats in the snap parliamentary elections held in Azerbaijan, local media reported on Monday. Aliyev’s New Azerbaijan Party won 68 of the 125 seats in parliament, meaning it will retain power. The result had been expected, especially as the opposition largely declined to field candidates. Officials put voter turnout of 37.24% and said that the election took place without incident – but Azerbaijan’s elections are considered neither free nor fair. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has voiced heavy crit…