President Geidar Aliev\'s son won a landslide victory in Azerbaijan to succeed his 80-year-old father, according to election officials, as clashes erupted between police and protesters alleging widespread vote fraud in the former Soviet republic. With 91 percent of the ballots counted, Ilham Aliev had 79.5 percent of the vote, the Central Election Commission said. Opposition Musavat party leader Isa Gambar had 12 percent support. Aliev, 41, led a field of eight candidates, standing alone for the ruling party after his father, hospitalized in the United States, withdrew less than two weeks before the vote. As the votes were being counted, Gambar asserted he won a majority and claimed irregularities in favor of Aliev. A foreign observer said violations were rampant, and many in Baku complained they were prevented from registering and that others cast multiple votes. Even before election day, international organizations had reported biased media coverage, violence at opposition protests and intimidation of opposition sympathizers. An OSCE observer, Ivan Lozowy, said he had stopped recording reported irregularities because he had seen so many himself at the 35 polling places he visited. He said violations included multiple voting, falsified ballots, and ballot counting in absence of observers. At a news conference Wednesday, Gambar waved a stack of ballots marked for Aliev that he claimed had been filled out before the election, and asserted he beat the president\'s son in districts where international observers were able to watch. (AP)