Armenian Renaissance (party)

Armenian Renaissance (Armenian: Հայկական վերածնունդ, Haykakan veratsnund, formerly Rule of Law (Armenian: Օրինաց երկիր, abbreviated as ՕԵԿ, OEK)), is a political party in Armenia, led by Artur Baghdasaryan. It was founded as Rule of Law in 1998. It is the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of Armenia. In the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections, it obtained 9 seats in parliament, in contrast to 19 seats in the 2003 elections.

In the February 2008 presidential election, Baghdasaryan was the party's candidate; he obtained the third place, according to the final official results, with 17.7% of the vote.^[2]

The party went again into opposition in 2014 and was renamed Armenian Renaissance in 2015 after a merger with the Unified Armenians Party, led by Ruben Avagyan.^[3]

Parliamentary elections
Year	Party-list			Constituency /total	Total seats	+/–
Votes	%	Seats /total
1999	56,807	5.3%	4 /56	2 /75	6 /131
2003	148,381	12.9%	12 /56	7 /75	19 /131	13
2007	95,324	7.1%	16 /90	0 /41	9 /131	10
2012	83,123	5.5%	5 /90	1 /41	5 /131	4

References

External links

• Armenian Renaissance Official website

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