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
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 Party	458,258	33.91	41			24	65	+32
	Prosperous Armenia	204,483	15.13	18			7	25	New
	Armenian Revolutionary Federation	177,907	13.16	16			0	16	+5
	Rule of Law	95,324	7.05	8			1	9	–10
	Heritage	81,048	6.0	7			0	7	New
	United Labour Party	59,271	4.39	0			0	0	–6
	National Unity	49,864	3.58	0			0	0	–9
	New Times	47,060	3.48	0			0	0	New
	People's Party	37,044	2.74	0			0	0	New
	Union Party	32,943	2.44	0			0	0	New
	People's Party of Armenia	22,762	1.68	0			0	0	0
	Hanrapetutyun Party	22,288	1.65	0			0	0	–1
	Impeachment Union	17,475	1.29	0			0	0	New
	Armenian Communist Party	8,792	0.65	0			0	0	0
	National Democratic Party	8,556	0.63	0			0	0	New
	Direct Democracy Party	8,351	0.62	0			0	0	New
	National Accord Party	4,199	0.31	0			0	0	New
	Democratic Party	3,686	0.27	0			0	0	New
	Christian-People's Renaissance Party	3,433	0.25	0			0	0	New
	United Liberal National Party	2,739	0.20	0			0	0	New
	Marxist Party of Armenia	2,660	0.20	0			0	0	New
	Youth Party	2,291	0.17	0			0	0	New
	Social Democrat Hunchakian Party	989	0.07	0			0	0	New
	Independents	–	–	–			8	8	–29
Invalid/blank votes		38,002	–	–		–	–	–	–
Total		1,389,425	10	90			41	131	0
Registered voters/turnout		2,319,722	59.90	–			–	–	–
Source: Central Electoral Commission of Armenia, IPU

See also

• Elections in Armenia
• Politics of Armenia
• Programs of political parties in Armenia

References

1. ElectionGuide.org
2. Armenian parliament election kicks off People's Daily Online, 12 May 2007
3. 2007 Armenian elections - BBC
4. OSCE/ODIHR EOM Final Report, 10 September 2007 Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
5. Armenia holds parliamentary poll BBC News, 12 May 2007

External links

• Center for Regional Development / Transparency International Armenia Election Monitor