2007 Armenian parliamentary election

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 Vote % Seats +/– Republican Serzh Sargsyan 33.91 59 +26 PAP Gagik Tsarukyan 15.13 25 New ARF Vahan Hovhannisyan 13.16 16 +5 Orinats Yerkir Artur Baghdasaryan 7.05 10 −9 Heritage Raffi Hovannisian 6.00 7 New Dashink Party – 1 New Independent – – 13 −24 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Elected Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan Republican Serzh Sargsyan Republican

Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 12 May 2007. 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. The electoral threshold was five per cent.

Results

The BBC reported a turnout of over 60%. The Organization 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."

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.

Party		Proportional			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Republican Party of Armenia	458,258	33.91	41	429,423	33.93	18	59	+26
	Prosperous Armenia	204,483	15.13	18	216,977	17.14	7	25	New
	Armenian Revolutionary Federation	177,907	13.16	16	3,237	0.26	0	16	+5
	Orinats Yerkir	95,324	7.05	8	93,999	7.43	2	10	–9
	Heritage	81,048	6.00	7				7	New
	United Labour Party	59,271	4.39	0				0	–6
	National Unity	49,864	3.69	0	8,341	0.66	0	0	–9
	New Times	47,060	3.48	0				0	New
	People's Party	37,044	2.74	0	9,523	0.75	0	0	New
	Union Party	32,943	2.44	0				0	New
	People's Party of Armenia	22,762	1.68	0				0	0
	Hanrapetutyun Party	22,288	1.65	0				0	–1
	Impeachment Union	17,475	1.29	0				0	New
	Armenian Communist Party	8,792	0.65	0	568	0.04	0	0	0
	National Democratic Party	8,556	0.63	0				0	New
	Direct Democracy Party	8,351	0.62	0				0	New
	National Accord Party	4,199	0.31	0				0	New
	Democratic Party of Armenia	3,686	0.27	0				0	New
	Christian-People's Renaissance Party	3,433	0.25	0				0	New
	United Liberal National Party	2,739	0.20	0				0	New
	Marxist Party of Armenia	2,660	0.20	0	7,638	0.60	0	0	New
	Youth Party	2,291	0.17	0	10,233	0.81	0	0	New
	Social Democrat Hunchakian Party	989	0.07	0				0	New
	Dashink Party				36,746	2.90	1	1	New
	Democratic Way Party				13,338	1.05	0	0	New
	Pan-Armenian National Movement				7,764	0.61	0	0	0
	Christian Democratic Union				6,898	0.55	0	0	0
	Liberal Progressive Party of Armenia				6,886	0.54	0	0	New
	Constitutional Right Union Party				3,628	0.29	0	0	New
	Bloc of National Democrats				1,440	0.11	0	0	New
	Armenian Motherland Party				1,356	0.11	0	0	New
	Hayreniq Party				1,269	0.10	0	0	New
	Progressive United Communist Party				1,237	0.10	0	0	New
	Freedom Struggle Veterans' Union				1,043	0.08	0	0	New
	Independents				404,121	31.93	13	13	–24
Total		1,351,423	100.00	90	1,265,665	100.00	41	131	0
Valid votes		1,351,423	97.26		1,265,665	94.87
Invalid/blank votes		38,002	2.74		68,402	5.13
Total votes		1,389,425	100.00		1,334,067	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,319,722	59.90		2,278,404	58.55
Source: Central Electoral Commission of Armenia, CLEA

External links

• Center for Regional Development / Transparency International Armenia Election Monitor