The Communist Party of Artsakh () is a
communist political party
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in the
Republic of Artsakh
Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former ...
.
History
The party failed to receive any seats in the
National Assembly
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following the June 2005
elections
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, the May 2010
elections
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, and the May 2015
elections
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.
For the 2005 election, the party fielded 10 candidates for the Proportional Representation seats and candidates in 4 single-member constituencies. For the 2010 election, the party presented a list for the Proportional Representation seats as well as one candidate in one of the 16 single-member seats.
As of 2014, Hrant Melkumyan served as the chairman of the party. Melkumyam contested the
2007 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on 19 July 2007. Incumbent president Arkady Ghukasyan was constitutionally barred from seeking a third term and endorsed Bako Sahakyan, who was the head of the National Security Se ...
. He obtained 554 votes (0.8%).
The party publishes ''Artsakhi komunist'' (Արցախի կոմունիստ), with pages in Armenian and Russian.
[Human Rights in Armenia. ]
ANNUAL RESULTS IN THE SPHERE OF INFORMATION
''
Election results
See also
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Armenian Communist Party, brother party in
Armenia
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List of political parties in Artsakh
This article lists political parties in the Republic of Artsakh.
The Republic of Artsakh has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each o ...
References
Communist parties in the former Soviet Union
Political parties in the Republic of Artsakh
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