1919 Armenian parliamentary election
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| 21–23 June 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 80 seats in the National Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 71% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia between 21 and 23 June 1919. The result was a landslide victory for the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) which won 72 of the 80 seats. However, the elections were boycotted by the Hunchaks and Populists.[2] Voter turnout was 71%.[3] The first republic ended with the Soviet takeover the following year, and multi-party legislative elections were not held again until 1995.
The ARF originally won 73 seats, but one seat was apparently assigned later to the Muslim faction, reducing the party's seat total to 72.[4]
Electoral system
[edit]The 80 seats in the National Assembly were elected via closed party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method in one national district.[5] All citizens over the age of 20 were eligible to participate.
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 230,772 | 88.95 | 72 | |
| Socialist Revolutionary Party | 13,289 | 5.12 | 4 | |
| Muslim Non-Party Group | 9,187 | 3.54 | 3 | |
| Independent Peasants Union | 4,224 | 1.63 | 1 | |
| Kurd Party | 1,305 | 0.50 | 0 | |
| Armenian Populist Party | 481 | 0.19 | 0 | |
| Assyrian Party | 173 | 0.07 | 0 | |
| Total | 259,431 | 100.00 | 80 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 365,000 | – | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
Initial membership
[edit]The elected deputies of the parliament were:[4][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Yalanuzyan, Mikael (28 May 2021). "The 1919 National Elections". EVN Report.
- ^ "A.R.F. - History". Lemagan.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ Nohlen et al., p333
- ^ a b Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971–1996). The Republic of Armenia. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-520-01805-2. OCLC 238471.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p329 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ^ Republic of Armenia Archives, File 66a/3, no. 105, 14 August 1919.
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