Politics of Armenia - Political Parties and Elections

Political Parties and Elections

e • d Summary of the 19 February 2008 Armenian presidential election results
Candidates and nominating parties Votes %
Serzh Sargsyan - Republican Party of Armenia 862,369 52.82%
Levon Ter-Petrosyan 351,222 21.50%
Artur Baghdasaryan - Rule of Law 272,427 17.70%
Vahan Hovhannisyan - Armenian Revolutionary Federation 100,966 6.20%
Vazgen Manukyan - National Democratic Union 21,075 1.30%
Tigran Karapetyan - People's Party 9,791 0.60%
Artashes Geghamyan - National Unity 7,524 0.46%
Arman Melikyan 4,399 0.27%
Aram Harutyunyan - National Conciliation Party 2,892 0.17%
Total (turnout: 69%) 1,632,666 100%
Source: The protocol on the results of the RA Presidential Elections
e • d Summary of the 6 May 2012 Armenian National Assembly election results
Party
Party-list
Constituency
Total
seats
+/–
Votes
%
Seats
Seats
%
Republican Party
664,440
44.02%
40
29
70.7%
69
 5
Prosperous Armenia
454,673
30.12%
28
9
21.9%
37
 12
ANC
106,903
7.08%
7
7
 7
Rule of Law
83,123
5.51%
5
1
2.4%
6
 3
ARF
85,550
5.67%
5
5
 10
Heritage
86,998
5.76%
5
5
 2
Armenian Communist Party
15,899
1.45%
Democratic Party of Armenia
5,577
0.37%
Unified Armenians Party
2,945
0.20%
Non-partisans/Independents
2
4.8%
2
 4
Invalid votes
53,831
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Total
1,573,053
100.00%
90
41
100.0%
131
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Electorate and turnout:
2,523,101
62.35%
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The first primary election in Armenia was held by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in November 2007 to select the presidential candidate. Some 300.000 people voted.

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