The Hanrapetutyun Party ( hy, Հանրապետություն կուսակցություն, lit=Republic Party) is a

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. The party was founded by ex-members from the Republican Party of Armenia and members of the Yerkrapah Volunteer Union: Aram Sargsyan,

Albert Bazeyan Albert Bazeyan ( hy, Ալբերտ Բազեյան; born 28 May 1956) is an Armenian politician. He served as Mayor of Yerevan from August 1999 to January 2001. Biography Albert Bazeyan was born in Lanjaghbyur, Armenia SSR. He attended the Yer ...

, Vagharshak Harutiunyan, Ara Ketikyan, among others, in April 2001.

History

Following 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 won 1 out of 131 seats. The party was aligned with the

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coalition. 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 failed to win any seats with a popular vote of just 1.65%. The party participated in 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 ...

, winning two seats. 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 ...

and

2017 Yerevan City Council election Yerevan City Council elections were held on 14 May 2017. The Republican Party of Armenia won 71.25% of the total vote, the Way Out Alliance won 21%, while Yerkir Tsirani won 7.75%. Following the elections, Yerevan City Council elected Taron Mar ...

, it took part in the elections as part of the

Way Out Alliance The Way Out Alliance ( hy, «Ելք» դաշինք, ԵԼՔ; ''YELK Dashink, YELQ'') or Yelk Alliance or simply Yelk or Way Out was a liberal political alliance of three political parties in Armenia: Civil Contract, Bright Armenia and the Hanrap ...

together with the Civil Contract and

Bright Armenia Bright Armenia ( hy, Լուսավոր Հայաստան, translit=Lusavor Hayastan) is a classical liberal political party in Armenia founded on 12 December 2015. History In 2017, Bright Armenia launched an educational program aimed at advancing ...

parties, winning few seats in each. Following the

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in 2018, Civil Contract whose leader Nikol Pashinyan led the revolution, left the

. After which, the Hanrapetutyun party formed another alliance with

, called

Bright Alliance The Bright Alliance ( hy, «Լույս» դաշինք, ԼՈՒՅՍ; ''LUYS Dashink, LUYS'') was a liberal political alliance of two political parties in Armenia: the Bright Armenia party and Republic party. It was formed on 28 August 2018, before t ...

. The alliance took part in the

2018 Yerevan City Council election Yerevan City Council elections were held on 23 September 2018. The snap election was trigged after the resignation of former mayor Taron Margaryan amid the aftermath of the 2018 Armenian Velvet Revolution. Well-known comedian and actor Hayk Maruty ...

with Hanrapetutyun party's deputy leader

Artak Zeynalyan Artak Haykazi Zeynalyan ( hy, Արտակ Հայկազի Զեյնալյան; born 9 September 1969) is an Armenian political figure, lawyer and former Minister of Justice. Biography Artak Zeynalyan was born on 9 September 1969 in Yerevan. He s ...

as a Mayoral candidate. The Bright Alliance officially dissolved on 5 November 2018. Prior to 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 formed a new alliance, known as the We Alliance with the Free Democrats party. The alliance received just 2.00% of the popular vote. As this was lower than the 5% minimum threshold required, the We Alliance of Hanrapetutyn and Free Democrats failed to gain any representation in the Armenian parliament. On 1 April 2021, the Hanrapetutyun party signed a joint declaration with 4 other political parties calling on the

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to ensure free and fair upcoming elections, following the on-going

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in Armenia. On 12 April 2021, the party confirmed 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 ...

. Following the election, the party won 3.04% of the popular vote, failing to win any seats in the National Assembly. The party currently acts as an

extra-parliamentary An extra-parliamentary opposition is a political movement opposed to a ruling government or political party that chooses not to engage in elections. Many social movements could be categorized as an extra-parliamentary opposition. Europe The German ...

force. In November 2021, the party did participate in local elections in the cities of

Dilijan Dilijan ( hy, Դիլիջան) is a spa town and urban municipal community in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The town is one of the most important resorts in Armenia, situated within the Dilijan National Park. The forested town is home to numer ...

and Meghri, winning 1 seat and 6 seats respectively within those city councils.

Ideology

The party has stated that it has both liberal and conservative views but tends to take a centrist approach on most issues. The party is strongly pro-European and supports the

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of Armenia. The party has also stated that it is not anti-Russian but it believes that further integration with the Russian-led

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and the

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is not the right path for Armenia. Instead, the party advocates for closer relations with the

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and supports Armenia's eventual accession to the EU.

Electoral record

Parliamentary elections

Local elections

Yerevan City Council elections

References

External links

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