The Marxist Party of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի մարքսիստական կուսակցություն, ''Hayastani Marksistakan Kusaktsutiun'') was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

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 ...

History

Prior to the

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 t ...

, the party formed part of the

Free and Fair Armenia Free may refer to: Concept * Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything * Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism * Emancipate, to procur ...

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together with the

Union of Communists of Armenia Union of Communists of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի կոմունիստների միություն) was a communist party in Armenia. History Prior to the 2003 Armenian parliamentary election, the party formed part of the Free and Fair Armenia ...

party. However, the bloc was denied registration on the grounds that neither of the two parties had submitted proper registration. The Marxist Party of Armenia had registered in 1997, but failed to get re-register by 1 January 2003. As such, neither of the two parties could participate in the 2003 elections. On 7 July 2003, the party had officially merged with the United Communist Party of Armenia. Despite the merger, the party did participate independently 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 ...

, receiving just 0.20% of the vote. The party continued certain political activities until 2009.

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Communist parties in Armenia Defunct political parties in Armenia Political parties with year of establishment missing {{CP-stub

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