Armenian parliamentary election, 2007

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Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 12 May 2007.^[1] 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.^[2] The electoral threshold is five per cent.

Results

  Summary of the 12 May 2007 Armenian National Assembly election results

Party		Party-list			Constituency		Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Seats	%
	Republican Party	458,258	33.91%				64	33
	Prosperous Armenia	204,483	15.13%				18
	ARF	177,907	13.16%				16	5
	Rule of Law	95,324	7.05%				9	10
	Heritage	81,048	6.00%				7	7
	United Labour Party	59,271	4.39%					6
	National Unity	49,863	3.58%					9
	New Times	47,060	3.48%
	People's Party	37,044	2.74%
	Union Party	32,943	2.44%
	People's Party of Armenia	22,762	1.68%
	Republic	22,288	1.65%
	Impeachment Union	17,475	1.29%
	Non-partisans/Independents				17	41.5%	17	38
Invalid/blank votes		53,812		—		—	—	—
Total		1,375,733	100.00%	90	41	100.0%	131
Turnout:		59.35
Source: Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia

The BBC reported a turnout of over 60%.^[3] The Organisation 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." ^[4]

Critics and opposition politicians had announced their fears that the polls would not be democratic, despite officials' reassurements that the changes to the voting laws will ensure a more democratic election than the greatly criticised 2003 one.^[5]

References

External links

• Center for Regional Development / Transparency International Armenia Election Monitor
• Armenia Parliamentary Monitor 2007
• Armenian Blog Review / Armenian Blogosphere on Parliamentary Elections 2007
• Հայկական բլոգների լրաքաղ / Հայկական բլոգոսֆերան 2007թ. խորհրդարանական ընտրությունների մասին

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