Shining Armenia

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Luminous Armenia
Լուսավոր
Հայաստան Lusawor Hajastan
Edmon Marukjan
Party leader Edmon Marukjan
founding December 12, 2015
Alignment Classical liberalism,
pro-European
political center to center right
Colours) violet
Parliament seats
17/132
European party Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) (Associate member since February 2019)
Website brightarmenia.am

Shining Armenia ( Armenian Լուսավոր Հայաստան Lusawor Hajastan , LH, often translated as Light Armenia or less often as Enlightened Armenia ) is a liberal party in Armenia , founded on December 12, 2015. Its chairman is the lawyer and politician Edmon Marukjan .

Election results

The party participated in the Armenian parliamentary elections in 2017 and the municipal elections in 2017 capital Yerevan within the political party Alliance of the way Alliance ( "Ելք" դաշինք shortly Jelk ) part and thus received some seats.

In the renewed city council elections of Yerevan in 2018, the party was part of the Alliance Light ( Լույս Դաշինք ), which received three seats, including two for Shining Armenia .

In the parliamentary elections in Armenia in 2018 , the party received 6.37% of the vote and 18 seats in the Armenian parliament . It thus became the third party represented in parliament, alongside the My Step Alliance and the Blooming Armenia party, and constitutes the smallest parliamentary group.

Parliamentary elections
choice be right % Seats rank Position after d. elections source
2017 122,049 7.78
3/105

9/105
 3. Opposition (in the electoral alliance Jelk ) Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia
2018 80,047 6.37
18/132
 3. opposition Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia

Member of the National Assembly

After MP Arman Babadschanjan switched to no faction, the opposition party faction is represented by 17 MPs. The following MPs are also members of the party:

  • Hrant Ajwasjan (since 2018)
  • Sargis Alexanjan (since 2018)
  • Edward Andreasjan (since 2018)
  • Harutjun Babajan (since 2018)
  • Geworg Gorgisjan (2017-2018, again since 2018)
  • Srbuhi Grigorjan (since 2018)
  • Armen Yeghiasarjan (since 2018)
  • Anna Kostanjan (since 2018)
  • Edmon Marukjan (2017-2018, again since 2018)
  • Ani Samsonjan (since 2018)
  • Karen Simonjan (since 2018)
  • Mane Tandiljan (since 2018)

Source: National Assembly website

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Sunday, December 09, 2018 Parliamentary Elections. In: elections.am. Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia, accessed on March 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Shining Armenia Group (accessed March 11, 2020)
  3. ↑ aldeparty.eu ( accessed December 1, 2019)
  4. ↑ 10 12 2018 at 18:22 by Jutta Sommerbauer: Armenia: “The Prime Minister is there for everyone”. December 10, 2018, accessed February 10, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Armenian Parliament reduces the number of ministries. Retrieved February 10, 2020 (en-En).
  6. ↑ http://res.elections.am/images/doc/resulteng02.04.17.xlsx
  7. ↑ parliament.am (accessed December 7, 2019)