The National Democratic Union ( hy, Ազգային ժողովրդավարական միություն, translit=Azgayin zhoghovrdavarakan miut’yun; AZhM) is a political party in Armenia. Vazgen Manukyan is the current chairman of the party.

History

The party received 7.7% of the vote in the

1995 Armenian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 5 July 1995, with a second round on 29 July. There were 150 constituency seats and 40 elected on a national basis using proportional representation. The result was a victory for the Republic Bloc (a ...

and won five seats in the National Assembly. The party nominated Manukyan as its candidate in the

1996 Armenian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Armenia on 22 September 1996. The result was a victory for Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who received 51% of the vote. Turnout was 60%. Background The 1996 presidential election was the second presidential election af ...

, he came in second place winning 41% of the vote. The party gained won 6 seats in the National Assembly following the

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 Factb ...

. The party nominated Manukyan as its candidate in the

2003 Armenian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Armenia on 19 February and 5 March 2003. No candidate received a majority in the first round of the election with the incumbent President Robert Kocharyan winning slightly under 50% of the vote. Therefore, a sec ...

. Manukyan came in fifth place, receiving 0.90% of the vote. The party nominated Manukyan as its candidate in the

2008 Armenian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Armenia on 19 February 2008. Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan was elected in the first round according to official results, but this was disputed by former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who was officially placed ...

. Manukyan came in fifth place, receiving 1.29% of the vote. The party refused to participate in the 2018 parliamentary elections.Vazgen Manukyan's Party Snubs December 9 Parliamentary Race
/ref> However, the party stated that it will regroup, refocus its ideology and strengthen its ranks following the 2018 parliamentary elections. During the

2020–2021 Armenian protests The 2020−2021 Armenian protests (also known as the March of Dignity; hy, Արժանապատվության երթ, translit=Arzhanapatvut'yan yert') were a series of protests that began following the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement on 10 ...

, Vazgen Manukyan was nominated by the

Homeland Salvation Movement The Homeland Salvation Movement ( hy, Հայրենիքի փրկության շարժում, translit=Hayrenik’i p’rkut’yan sharzhum) was an Armenian political alliance, consisting of several opposition political parties, led by Vazgen Man ...

political alliance to be its leader. The National Democratic Union did not participate in the

2021 Armenian parliamentary election Snap parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 20 June 2021. The elections had initially been scheduled for 9 December 2023, but were called earlier due to a political crisis following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War and an alleged attempted ...

s. The party currently has no representation in the National Assembly and acts as an extra-parliamentary force.

Ideology

The party supports the reunification of Artsakh with Armenia, improving human rights and democracy, as well as strengthening Armenia's economy.

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History

Ideology

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