The Shirinyan-Babajanyan Alliance of Democrats ( hy, Շիրինյան-Բաբաջանյան Ժողովրդավարների Դաշինք, Shirinyan-Babajanyan Zhoghovrdavarneri Dashink’), also known as the Alliance of Defenders of Democracy Party, is an

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

political alliance A political group is a group consisting of political parties or legislators of aligned ideologies. A technical group is similar to a political group, but with members of differing ideologies. International terms Equivalent terms are used differ ...

between the

For The Republic Party The For the Republic Party, also known as the Alliance for Defenders of Democracy ( hy, Հանրապետություն կուսակցության համար, translit=Hanrapetut’yun kusakts’ut’yan hamar) is an Armenian political party. Hist ...

and the

Christian-Democratic Rebirth Party The Christian-Democratic Rebirth Party ( hy, Հայաստանի Քրիստոնեա Դեմոկրատական Շարժում, translit=''Hayastani K’ristonea Demokratakan Sharzhum''), also known as the Christian Democratic Movement of Armenia, is ...

History

On 18 May 2021, the

and the

announced that they would 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 as a political alliance.

Arman Babajanyan Arman Shamiri Babajanyan ( hy, Արման Շամիրի Բաբաջանյան; born 15 January 1976) is an Armenian politician and journalist whօ previously served as an independent member of the National Assembly of Armenia. Babajanyan was previo ...

was elected the leader of the alliance. Following the election, the alliance did not enter the

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, gaining just 1.50% of the popular vote, below the required 7% minimum needed for alliances.

Ideology

The alliance opposed both

Nikol Pashinyan Nikol Vovayi Pashinyan ( hy, Նիկոլ Վովայի Փաշինյան, ; born 1 June 1975) is an Armenian politician serving as the prime minister of Armenia since 8 May 2018. A journalist by profession, Pashinyan founded his own newspaper in 1 ...

and

Robert Kocharyan Robert Sedraki Kocharyan ( hy, Ռոբերտ Սեդրակի Քոչարյան ; born 31 August 1954) is an Armenian politician. He served as the President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from 1994 to 1997 and Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh from ...

from gaining power again. The alliance called for greater protection of Armenia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, while also supporting the rapid development of the economy. The alliance also criticized the

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military alliance for failing to assist Armenia following an Azerbaijani incursion onto Armenian territory.

Electoral record

References

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History

Ideology

Electoral record

See also

References