Elections in Armenia

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Elections in Armenia gives information on election and election results in Armenia.

Armenia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people (absolute majority with 2nd round if necessary). The National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov) has 131 members, elected for a four-year term, 41 members in single-seat constituencies and 90 by proportional representation. The seats envisaged for the National Assembly by proportional representation are distributed among those party lists, which have received at least 5% of the total of the number of the votes. Armenia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Latest elections

2013 Presidential election

 Summary of the 18 February 2013 Armenian presidential election results
Candidates Nominating parties Votes %
Serzh SargsyanRepublican861,16058.64
Raffi HovannisianHeritage539,67236.75
Hrant BagratyanFreedom31,6432.15
Paruyr HayrikyanUNSD18,0931.23
Andrias Ghukasyannone8,3280.57
Vardan Sedrakyannone6,2030.42
Arman Melikyannone 3,5160.24
Valid votes1,468,61596.64
Invalid votes50,9883.36
Total votes1,519,603100.00
Voters/turnout2,528,77360.09
Source: Central Electoral Commission

2012 Parliamentary election

  Summary of the 6 May 2012 Armenian National Assembly election results
Party
Party-list
Constituency
Total
seats
±
Votes
%
Seats
Seats
%
Republican Party
664,440
44.02
40
29
70.7
69
 Increase 5
Prosperous Armenia
454,673
30.12
28
9
21.9
37
 Increase 12
ANC
106,903
7.08
7
7
 Increase 7
Rule of Law
83,123
5.51
5
1
2.4
6
 Decrease 3
ARF
85,550
5.67
5
5
 Decrease 10
Heritage
86,998
5.76
5
5
 Decrease 2
Armenian Communist Party
15,899
1.45
Steady
Democratic Party of Armenia
5,577
0.37
Steady
Unified Armenians Party
2,945
0.20
Steady
Non-partisans/Independents
2
4.8
2
 Decrease 4
Invalid votes
53,831
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Total
1,573,053
100.00
90
41
100.0
131
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Electorate and turnout:
2,523,101
62.35
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Source: Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia

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