The People's Party ( hy, Ժողովրդական Կուսակցություն, Zhoghovrdakan Kusaktsutyun) is a

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which was founded in 1995.

History

The party participated 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 ...

, winning just 0.9% of the popular vote. In the

2007 Armenian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 12 May 2007. 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. The electoral threshold was five per ...

s, the party ran independently and gained 2.74% of the popular vote but failed to win any seats in the

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. The party nominated Karapetyan 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 ...

. He came in sixth place, receiving 0.60% of the vote. The party participated in the

2009 Yerevan City Council election Yerevan City Council elections were held on May 31, 2009. All 65 seats were contested. This was the first election to the City Council of Yerevan, capital of Armenia. , -style="background:#E9E9E9;" , colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" , Party ...

, gaining 2.15% of the vote, but failing to win any seats in the

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. Prior to the

2012 Armenian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 6 May 2012. President Serzh Sargsyan's ruling Republican Party gained more majority of the parliament seats. Armenia's wealthiest man Gagik Tsarukyan's Prosperous Armenia came second with about one ...

, party leader

Tigran Karapetyan Tigran Karapeti Karapetyan ( hy, Տիգրան Կարապետի Կարապետյան, 16 May 1945 – 21 October 2021) was an Armenian politician and the chairman of the People's Party. He was also the owner of a private television company name ...

claimed that his party would win seats, however, the party won just 0.58% of the popular vote following the election. In 2014, party leaders announced their dissatisfaction with the government led by the

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 thir ...

. The party proposed a new alliance between

Prosperous Armenia Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP; hy, Բարգավաճ Հայաստան կուսակցություն, Bargavatch Hayastan kusaktsut’yun, abbreviated as ԲՀԿ BHK), is a conservative political party in Armenia. It was founded by businessman Gagik ...

, the

Armenian National Congress The Armenian National Congress ( hy, italic=yes, Հայ Ազգային Կոնգրես, translit=Hay Azgayin Kongres) is an Armenian political party led by former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan and formed in 2008. Its direct predecessor was the Pa ...

and

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parties to start a new national movement. A few supportive rallies were held in the capital, Yerevan, shortly after the announcement but no formal alliance was ever established. The party originally announced its intentions to participate in the

2017 Armenian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 2 April 2017. They were the first elections after a constitutional referendum in 2015 that approved reforms for the country to become a parliamentary republic. The result was a victory for the rulin ...

s, but ultimately did not participate. The party did not participate in the

2018 Armenian parliamentary election Snap parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 9 December 2018, as none of the parties in the National Assembly were able to put forward and then elect a candidate for Prime Minister in the two-week period following the resignation of incum ...

. The party's original leader, Tigran Karapetyan died on 21 October 2021.

Ideology

The party advocates for closer relations with the

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as well as with both

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and

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countries. In July 2014, Tigran Karapetyan stated that he is against Armenia's membership in the

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, during an interview.

Activities

The party has often endorsed or supported other political groups in Armenia. In 2014, Karapetyan announced his support to the

party, the

, and the

party. In 2017, Karapetyan was supportive of the ORO Alliance and also expressed his admiration of the

Sasna Tsrer Pan-Armenian Party Sasna Tsrer Pan-Armenian Party ( hy, Սասնա Ծռեր համահայկական կուսակցություն, ''Sasna Tsřer hamahaykakan kusaktsutyun'') is an Armenian national conservative political party that was founded in September 2018 ...

References

{{Armenian political parties 1995 establishments in Armenia Political parties established in 1995 Conservative parties in Armenia Political parties in Armenia Pro-European political parties in Armenia

History

Ideology

Activities

See also

References