Elections in Armenia

Armenia has a multi-party system. After the 2015 Armenian constitutional referendum, only a legislature is elected on the national level.

Electoral system of the National Assembly

The National Assembly consists of at least 101 seats. Following electoral system amendments introduced in April 2021, members of parliament are elected only through closed party lists by party list proportional representation method.^[1]^[2]

Four mandates are reserved for national minorities, provided they are included in corresponding section of party lists. Any top segment of a party list can not include over 70% of representatives of the same sex.

Parties need to pass a 5% threshold, while alliances (blocs) must pass 7% to be included in mandate distribution.

If neither party wins over 50% of mandates in the first round and no coalition with sufficient mandates is established within 6 days after the election results are announced, a second round of elections will be carried out on 28th day from the first round of voting. The two best-performing political forces are allowed to participate in the second round. All mandates received following the first round will be preserved. The party (or a newly formed coalition) which wins the second round of elections will be given additional number of mandates to reach 54% of all seats (provided the newly formed coalition does not already have over 54% of mandates from the results of the first round).

If any party or bloc wins over 2/3 of mandates, sufficient additional mandates are distributed among all other political forces represented in the parliament to ensure that at least 1/3 of all seats are held by forces other than the winning one.

Since the requirement of assignment of 1/3 of all mandates to non-ruling parties is stipulated by the Constitution, some argue, that when withdrawal of oppositional MPs leads to violation of that rule, the ruling party shall be forced to call new snap elections. This is however, not a consensus opinion and could be dealt with in Constitutional Court.^[3]

Due to additional seats given either to the winning political force or other ones, the total number of seats in the National Assembly can grow above the minimal count and even exceed 200 in rare circumstances.^[4]

Latest national elections

2021 Armenian parliamentary election



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Civil Contract	688,761	53.95	71	–17^[a]
	Armenia Alliance	269,481	21.11	29	New
	I Have Honor Alliance	66,650	5.22	6	New
	Prosperous Armenia	50,444	3.95	0	–26
	Hanrapetutyun Party	38,758	3.04	0	0
	Armenian National Congress	19,691	1.54	0	0
	Shirinyan-Babajanyan Alliance of Democrats	19,212	1.50	0	0
	National Democratic Pole	18,976	1.49	0	New
	Bright Armenia	15,591	1.22	0	–18
	5165 National Conservative Movement Party	15,549	1.22	0	New
	Liberal Party	14,936	1.17	0	New
	Homeland of Armenians Party	13,130	1.03	0	New
	Armenia is Our Home Party	12,149	0.95	0	New
	Democratic Party of Armenia	5,020	0.39	0	0
	Awakening National Christian Party	4,619	0.36	0	New
	Free Homeland Alliance	4,119	0.32	0	New
	Sovereign Armenia Party	3,915	0.31	0	New
	Fair Armenia Party	3,914	0.31	0	New
	Citizen's Decision	3,775	0.30	0	0
	European Party of Armenia	2,440	0.19	0	New
	Freedom Party	1,844	0.14	0	0
	Rise Party	1,233	0.10	0	New
	United Homeland Party	964	0.08	0	New
	All-Armenian National Statehood Party	803	0.06	0	New
	National Agenda Party	719	0.06	0	New
Total		1,276,693	100.00	106	–25

Valid votes		1,276,693	99.63
Invalid/blank votes		4,682	0.37
Total votes		1,281,375	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,595,334	49.37
Source: news.am, CEC, Hetq

Latest presidential elections

Latest local elections

Upcoming elections

The next Armenian parliamentary election is scheduled to occur in 2026.

Notes

^ Compared to the My Step Alliance.

References

^ hy. "Electoral Code of RA". www.arlis.am. Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
^ "REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 2 April 2017 OSCE/ODIHR NEEDS ASSESSMENT MISSION REPORT 30 November – 2 December 2016". www.osce.org. 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
^ "Newspaper: Prosperous Armenia Party threatens with snap parliamentary election". news.am. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
^ "Parliament mandates allocation per elections outcome - Google Drive". docs.google.com.

External links

[5] Compared to the My Step Alliance.

[1] y. "Electoral Code of RA". www.arlis.am. Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-04-27.

[2] "REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 2 April 2017 OSCE/ODIHR NEEDS ASSESSMENT MISSION REPORT 30 November – 2 December 2016". www.osce.org. 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2023-09-27.

[3] "Newspaper: Prosperous Armenia Party threatens with snap parliamentary election". news.am. Retrieved 2019-05-02.

[4] "Parliament mandates allocation per elections outcome - Google Drive". docs.google.com.

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