Azerbaijani Presidential Elections that were quite correctly described by western media as a referendum ended successfully. Ilham Aliyev got 90% of votes; his opponents acknowledged defeat and even congratulated the re-elected president. All this happened in spite of the fact that Ilham Aliyev first came to power in 2003 following an off-standard "democratic" election, which, nevertheless, legalized the advent of the family dynasty, whose forefather was Heydar Aliyev, Soviet leader that was able to keep afloat after the USSR breakdown. In fact, the Azerbaijani people had no other choice.