Parliamentary election in Armenia 2007

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10
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34.3
15.3
13.3
7.1
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Gains and losses
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 10
   5
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  -5
-10
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-25
+10.6
+15.3
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16
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7th
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64
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16 9 7th 18th 64 17th 
A total of 131 seats

The parliamentary elections in Armenia in 2007 took place on May 12, 2007. The three governing parties HHK , BHK and ARF were able to improve their results significantly, and the two strongest parties then formed a new coalition.

Modalities and system

Of a total of 131 seats in the Armenian National Assembly , 90 are allocated according to the proportional representation system, while the other 41 are filled according to the majority system via the constituencies. The threshold clause is 5% for parties and 7% for alliances.

After the controversial and internationally criticized elections of 2003 , a new centralized voter register was introduced, which is based on ID and police databases and is intended to prevent election fraud. The introduction was welcomed by the OSCE as an important measure. The election was observed by 100 parliamentarians from other countries and 300 other observers on behalf of the OSCE.

Participating parties

26 parties were registered to participate in the election:

  1. National Democratic Party
  2. National Unit (AM)
  3. Party of United Armenians
  4. Blooming Armenia (BHK)
  5. Alliance (poor. Daschink )
  6. heritage
  7. People's Party
  8. Democratic Home Party
  9. Democratic way
  10. Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF)
  11. Progress Party of Armenia
  12. Armenian Democratic Party
  13. Youth Party of Armenia
  14. Armenian People's Party
  15. Armenian Communist Party (HKK)
  16. Republican Party of Armenia (HHK)
  17. Marxist Party of Armenia
  18. Armenian All-National Movement (HHS)
  19. Republic ( Hanrapetutjun )
  20. United Workers' Party (HDK)
  21. United Liberal National Party
  22. New time
  23. Conservative Party
  24. Social Democratic Huntschak Party (SDHK)
  25. Christian rebirth of the people
  26. Country of Law (OEK)

Official result

Political party Party list Constituency
Total seats 		+/-
be right proportion of Seats Seats
Republican Party of Armenia 458.258 34.26% 41 23
64/131
Blooming Armenia 204,483 15.29% 18th 0
18/131
Armenian Revolutionary Federation 177.907 13.30% 16 0
16/131
Land of law 95,324 7.13% 8th 1
9/131
heritage 81.048 6.06% 7th 0
7/131
United Workers' Party (HDK) 59.271 4.43%
0/131
National Unit (AM) 49,864 3.73%
0/131
New times 47,060 3.48%
0/131
People's Party 37,044 2.77%
0/131
alliance 32,943 2.44%
0/131
Armenian People's Party 22,762 1.70%
0/131
republic 22,288 1.67%
0/131
Impeachment Union 17,475 1.31%
0/131
Armenian Communist Party 8,792 0.66%
0/131
National Democratic Party 8,556 0.64%
0/131
Democratic way 8,351 0.62%
0/131
National consensus 4,199 0.31%
0/131
Democratic Party of Armenia 3,686 0.27%
0/131
Christian Democratic Rebirth 3,433 0.25%
0/131
United Liberal National Party 2,739 0.20%
0/131
Marxist Party of Armenia 2,660 0.20%
0/131
Youth Party of Armenia 2,291 0.17%
0/131
Huntschak Social Democratic Party 989 0.07%
0/131
Independent 17th
17/131
Invalid votes 38.002 - - -
total 1,337,731 100.00% 90 41 131 -
Voters and turnout: 2,317,810 57.7% - - - -
Source: electionguide.org , Central Election Commission of Armenia

Evaluation of the election process

The three governing parties HHK , BHK and ARF were able to significantly improve their results, the HHK and BHK then formed a new coalition. With Land of Law and Heritage, however, only two opposition parties made it back into parliament. The opposition criticized that the elections had been falsified, with hundreds of thousands of new passports issued shortly beforehand.

The electoral process was praised by the OSCE election observers. For the first time since the country's independence, there had been no serious violations, falsifications had been avoided and the state authorities had shown the political will to democratic elections. The election campaign was intense and balanced in terms of media, and election day itself was peaceful. Despite the significant improvements and the extensive democratic processes, there were errors in the counting in every fifth polling station. Cases of vote buying by the governing parties have also been observed - a widespread practice according to the opposition. In addition, there would be multiple votes and similarly distorted handling of voter lists. When errors are reported, the authorities are often unwilling to correct them and, in general, there is often a lack of separation between the ruling party and the state. However, none of this had a significant impact on the overall result.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Republic of Armenia , on electionguide.org
  2. ↑ Improved voter register presented in Yerevan with OSCE Office support. OSCE, February 5, 2007, accessed April 30, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Armenian poll demonstrates progress, observers say. OSCE, May 13, 2007, accessed April 30, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Voters Guidebook of the OSCE
  5. ↑ a b International observers praise the election process in Armenia. Deutsche Welle, May 15, 2007, accessed April 30, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Armenian Elections 'Largely Democratic,' Say Western Observers. azatutyun.am, May 13, 2007, accessed April 30, 2018 .