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2003 Armenian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 25 May 2003. There were 56 constituency seats and 75 elected on a national basis using proportional representation. They saw the Republican Party of Armenia emerge as the largest party, with 33 of the 131 seats. However, the elections were strongly criticized by international election monitors, who cited widespread fraud and noted that they fell short of democratic standards. St. Petersburg Times Results References {{Portal bar, Politics |
1999 Armenian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 30 May 1999. There were 75 constituency seats and 56 elected on a national basis using proportional representation.classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ... 1999 in Armenia Parliamentary elections in Armenia 1990s in Armenian politics Election and referendum articles with incomplete results {{Portal bar, Politics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party Of Armenia
The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA, hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետական Կուսակցություն, ՀՀԿ; ''Hayastani Hanrapetakan Kusaktsutyun'', ''HHK'') is a national-conservative political party in Armenia led by the third president of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan. It was the first political party in independent Armenia to be founded (April 2, 1990) and registered (May 14, 1991). It is the largest party of the right-wing in Armenia, and claims to have had 140,000 members at its heyday. It was the ruling party of Armenia from 1999 to 2018. After the latest parliamentary elections in June 2021, the party entered parliament as a part of the opposition I Have Honor Alliance. ''The Economist'' magazine has described the RPA as a "typical post-Soviet 'party of power' mainly comprising senior government officials, civil servants, and wealthy business people dependent on government connections." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Justice Party (Armenia)
The Social Justice Party ( hy, Սոցիալական արդարություն կուսակցություն) is an Armenian political party. It was founded in 1999 and is currently led by Arthur Baloyan. History The party participated in the 2003 Armenian parliamentary election, but failed to win any seats in the National Assembly, gaining just 0.54% of the popular vote. The party's leader, Arthur Baloyan, participated in the 2017 Armenian parliamentary election as part of the ORO Alliance, but failed to win a seat in the National Assembly. The party boycotted the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election, due to concerns that the election was not fair. However, the party stated that it would support non-partisan candidates and work closely with other political parties as an extra-parliamentary force. In June 2019, Arthur Baloyan signed a joint agreement with the other members of the Pan-Armenian National Agreement calling for the protection of the Constitution of Armenia. Followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan-Armenian National Movement
The Pan-Armenian National Movement or Armenian All-national Movement ( hy, Հայոց Համազգային Շարժում, translit=Hayots Hamazgain Sharzhum; HHS) was a political party in Armenia. History The party emerged from the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Council of 20 February 1988, to reunite with Soviet Armenia. Its first meetings, which demanded reunification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia, were held in Yerevan on 21 February 1988. Its ruling committee led by Igor Muradyan was organized in the same month, and Levon Ter-Petrossian was incorporated into the ruling body in May 1988. On 15 June 1988, with representation of the movement in the Supreme Council, this body adopted a resolution on reunification of the two national units. PANM participated in the 1990 Armenian Supreme Soviet elections, gaining 59 seats in Parliament. The party nominated Ter-Petrossian as their candidate in the 1991 Armenian presidential election. Ter-Petrossian won the elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democratic Union Of Armenia
The Christian Democratic Union of Armenia (CDU) ( hy, Հայաստանի Քրիստոնեա-դեմոկրատական միություն, translit=Hayastani K’ristonea-demokratakan miut’yun (HKDM)) is a political party in Armenia. History The party was founded in 1991. It is led by Khosrov Harutyunyan, former Prime Minister of Armenia (1992–1993). The party is a member of the European Christian Political Movement. The party participated in the 1995 Armenian parliamentary elections as part of the "Republican Bloc" alliance. The CDU won one seat in the National Assembly. The party participated in the 2003 Armenian parliamentary election, winning just 0.67% of the vote and failing to gain any seats in the National Assembly. On 7 October 2009, the party participated in an international conference organized by the European Christian Political Movement. Opportunities and challenges of the development of Christian democracy in Eastern Europe was discussed. A decision was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law And Unity
Law and Unity ( hy, Օրենք և միասնություն, translit=Iravunk ev Miabanutiun) was a conservative political party in Armenia. History Following the 2003 Armenian parliamentary election, the party won 1.0% of the popular vote but no seats in the National Assembly. The party has not participated in any subsequent elections and has since dissolved. See also *Politics of Armenia *Programs of political parties in Armenia This article lists political parties of the National Assembly of Armenia and represents their programs. Armenia became an independent state in 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since then, many political parties were formed in it, who m ... Conservative parties in Armenia Political parties in Armenia Political parties with year of establishment missing {{Armenia-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Party Of Armenia
The People's Party of Armenia (in Armenian: Հայաստանի Ժողովրդական Կուսակցություն, ''Hayastani Zhoghovrdakan Kusaktsutyun'') is a socialist political party in Armenia. History Prior to the 1999 Armenian parliamentary election, the People's Party of Armenia formed a political alliance with the Republican Party of Armenia, known as the "Unity Bloc". The alliance won 41.4% of the popular vote, winning 62 seats in the National Assembly. The party decided to participate as part of the Justice coalition in the 2003 Armenian parliamentary election. After the election, the Justice coalition won 13.6% of the popular vote and 14 out of 131 seats. It became the second largest group within the National Assembly. Its presidential candidate, Stepan Demirchyan, won 28.03% of the popular vote in the first voting round of the 2003 Armenian presidential election, but lost the presidential election after the second voting round. The party ran independently in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Of Producers And Women
The Union of Producers and Women ( hy, Արտադրողների և կանանց միություն, ''Artunaperoghneri yev Kanants Miyutyun'') was an electoral alliance in Armenia. The alliance was formed by two political groups, the Women of the Armenian Land and the Progressive United Communist Party of Armenia, as well as two NGOs, the "Domestic Producers" and "Yerevan and Its Inhabitants". History Following the 2003 Armenian parliamentary election, the coalition won 24,388 votes (2.04%) but failed to gain any seats within the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre .... The coalition nominated 15 candidates for election. The front figure of the coalition was Seda Petrosyan. The party has not participated in any subsequent elections. See also * Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Communist Party
The Armenian Communist Party ( hy, Հայաստանի կոմունիստական կուսակցություն, ՀԿԿ; ''Hayastani Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun'', HKK) is a communist party in Armenia. It considers itself the successor to the Armenian branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It is the main communist party in Armenia and claimed 18,000 (mostly elderly) members in 2006. HKK publishes ''Hayastani Komunist'' and ''Pravda Armenii''. It should not be confused with the historical Communist Party of Armenia during the Soviet era, nor the Democratic Party of Armenia, a party founded by the last secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia, Aram G. Sargsyan. Leaders The title of the party leader is First Secretary. *1991–1999: Sergey Badalyan *2000–2005: Vladimir Darbinyan *2005–2013: Ruben Tovmasyan *2013–: Tachat Sargsyan Ideology The party was described as "staunchly pro-Russian" by the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in 2002. In a 1994 rall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dignity, Democracy, Motherland
The Dignity, Democracy, Motherland ( hy, Արժանապատվություն, ժողովրդավարություն, հայրենիք) was a nationalist political alliance in Armenia. History The alliance was established in 2003 between the Dignified Future Party and the People's Democratic Party. The alliance nominated Armen Darbinyan as its chairman. The alliance nominated 71 candidates to participate in the 2003 Armenian parliamentary election. Following the election, the party won 2.8% of the popular vote but failed to win any seats in the National Assembly. The Dignified Future Party, and its leader Lyudmila Harutyunyan, accused Armen Darbinyan of trying to seize power of her party and blamed Darbinyan for the failure of the alliance in the 2003 elections. While, Gagik Aslanyan, the Chairman of the People's Democratic Party, opted to merge his party with Orinats Yerkir. As a result, the Dignity, Democracy, Motherland alliance had officially dissolved shortly afterwards. Ideo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party
The Armenian Democratic Liberal Party ( hy, Ռամկավար Ազատական Կուսակցութիւն), the Ramgavar Party, (known before 1921 as the Armenakan party) ( hy, Արմենական Կուսակցութիւն), also known by its Armenian initials ( hy, ՌԱԿ ) or its English initials ADL (meaning Armenian Democratic Liberal) is an Armenian political party in the Armenian diaspora including the Middle East, Europe, the Americas and Australia. It was established in Istanbul, Constantinople in 1921 as a result of the unification of 3 political parties: the Armenakan Party, the Liberal Party of the Reformed Hunchakians, and the Constituent Democratic Party. The Armenakan Party was founded in 1885 by Mekertich Portukalian as part of the Armenian national movement, national movement in Van Eyalet, Van in the Ottoman Empire. Following the 2003 Armenian parliamentary elections, the party won 2.9% of the popular vote, failing to win any seats. Ever since, the party has los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mighty Fatherland
Mighty Fatherland, also known as Mighty Homeland or Powerful Homeland ( hy, Հզոր Հայրենիք; ''Hzor Hayrenik'') is a political party in Armenia. The founder of the party was Vardan Vardapetyan, but since 2006 has been led by the vice-chairman of the party, Shirak Torosyan. Torosyan is also the President of the Javakhk Patriotic Union. History The party was founded in 1999 by Armenians from the Javakheti region of Georgia. The party participated in the 1999 Armenian parliamentary election, winning 2.30% of the popular vote, but failed to win any seats in the National Assembly. Following the 2003 Armenian parliamentary election, the party won 3.30% of the popular vote, failing to gain any political representation. Meanwhile, the party endorsed Robert Kocharyan in the 2003 Armenian presidential election. Shirak Torosyan decided to run in the 2007 Armenian parliamentary election as part of the Republican Party of Armenia's candidate list, winning a single seat in the Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
