2007 Armenian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 12 May 2007.[1] 1,364 candidates ran for the 131 seats, 41 of which were constituency seats with the remaining 90 being filled by a proportional party-list system.[2] The electoral threshold is five per cent.

2007 Armenian parliamentary election

May 12, 2007 (2007-05-12)

All 131 seats in the National Assembly
66 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ±
Republican Serzh Sargsyan 33.91 65 +32
PAP Gagik Tsarukyan 15.13 25 New
ARF Vahan Hovhannisyan 13.16 16 +5
Orinats Yerkir Artur Baghdasaryan 7.05 9 -10
Heritage Raffi Hovannisian 6 7 New
Independent 8 -29
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Elected Prime Minister
Serzh Sargsyan
Republican
Serzh Sargsyan
Republican

Results

The BBC reported a turnout of over 60%.[3] The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe judged the elections to have "demonstrated improvement" over previous parliamentary elections, but said "the stated intention by the Armenian authorities to conduct an election in line with OSCE commitments and international standards was not fully realized." [4]

Critics and opposition politicians had announced their fears that the polls would not be democratic, despite officials' reassurances that the changes to the voting laws would ensure a more democratic election than the greatly criticised 2003 one.[5]

Party Proportional Constituency Total
seats
+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Republican Party458,25833.91412465+32
Prosperous Armenia204,48315.1318725New
Armenian Revolutionary Federation177,90713.1616016+5
Rule of Law95,3247.05819–10
Heritage81,0486.0707New
United Labour Party59,2714.39000–6
National Unity49,8643.58000–9
New Times47,0603.48000New
People's Party37,0442.74000New
Union Party32,9432.44000New
People's Party of Armenia22,7621.680000
Hanrapetutyun Party22,2881.65000–1
Impeachment Union17,4751.29000New
Armenian Communist Party8,7920.650000
National Democratic Party8,5560.63000New
Direct Democracy Party8,3510.62000New
National Accord Party4,1990.31000New
Democratic Party3,6860.27000New
Christian-People's Renaissance Party3,4330.25000New
United Liberal National Party2,7390.20000New
Marxist Party of Armenia2,6600.20000New
Youth Party2,2910.17000New
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party9890.07000New
Independents88–29
Invalid/blank votes38,002
Total1,389,4251090411310
Registered voters/turnout2,319,72259.90
Source: Central Electoral Commission of Armenia, IPU

See also

References

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