2015 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on 3 May 2015.[1]

2015 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election

3 May 2015

All 33 seats to the National Assembly
17 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ±
Free Motherland Arayik Harutyunyan 47.35% 15 +1
Democratic Party Ashot Ghulian 19.10% 6 0
ARF Artur Aghabekyan 18.81% 7 +1
Movement 88 Vitaly Balasanyan 6.93% 2 New
National Revival Hayk Khanumyan 5.38% 1 New
Independent 2 -5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Elected Prime Minister
Arayik Harutyunyan
Free Motherland
Arayik Harutyunyan
Free Motherland

Background

Nagorno-Karabakh declared its independence from Azerbaijan in 1991. The First Nagorno-Karabakh War took place between 1988 and 1994 which resulted in Nagorno-Karabakh, with Armenian support, becoming de facto independent from Azerbaijan. However it has not been internationally recognised and Azerbaijan still claims the area as part of its state.[2]

Conduct

More than 100 representatives from 30 countries observed the elections.[3]

Results

Party Proportional Constituency Total
seats
+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Free Motherland32,63247.3511415+1
Democratic Party of Artsakh13,10519.104260
Armenian Revolutionary Federation12,96518.81437+1
Movement 884,7786.93202New
National Revival3,7095.38101New
Communist Party of Artsakh1,1361.650000
Peace and Development5910.860000
Independents22–5
Invalid/blank votes3,3804,232
Total72,2961002269,8311001133
Registered voters/turnout102,04270.8898,92070.59
Source: CEC, CEC, Caucasian Knot

Reactions

Azerbaijan, the European Union, the United States and Turkey all said that they did not recognise the elections.[4][1][5]

References

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