1919 Armenian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia between 21 and 23 June 1919. The electoral system used was party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method in one national district.[1] The result was a landslide victory for the Armenian Revolutionary Federation which won 72 of the 80 seats. However the election was boycotted by the Hunchaks and Populists.[2] Voter turnout was 71.2%.[3] The first republic ended when the country taken over by the Soviet Union the following year and multi-party elections were not held again until 1995.

1919 Armenian parliamentary election
21–23 June 1919
All 80 seats in the National Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71.2%
Party Leader % Seats ±
ARF Avetik Sahakyan 88.95 72
Esers Arsham Khondkaryan 5.12 4
Tatar Party Asadbek Aghababekov 3.54 3
AGM Artashes Melkonyan 1.63 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Elected Prime Minister
Alexander Khatisian
ARF		 Alexander Khatisian
ARF

Results
PartyVotes%Seats
Armenian Revolutionary Federation230,77288.9572
Socialist Revolutionary Party13,2895.124
Tatar Party9,1873.543
Independent Peasants Union4,2241.631
Kurd Party1,3050.500
Armenian Populist Party4810.190
Assyrian Party1730.070
Total259,431100.0080
Source: Nohlen et al.

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p329 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. "A.R.F. - History". Lemagan.com. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  3. Nohlen et al., p333
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