Armenian parliamentary election, 2007

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Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 12 May 2007.[1] 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.[2] The electoral threshold is five per cent.

Results

  Summary of the 12 May 2007 Armenian National Assembly election results
Party Party-list Constituency Total
seats		 +/–
Votes % Seats Seats %
Republican Party 458,258 33.91% 64 Increase 33
Prosperous Armenia 204,483 15.13% 18 Increase
ARF 177,907 13.16% 16 Increase 5
Armenian Renaissance 95,324 7.05% 9 Decrease 10
Heritage 81,048 6.00% 7 Increase 7
United Labour Party 59,271 4.39% Decrease 6
National Unity 49,863 3.58% Decrease 9
New Times 47,060 3.48% Steady
People's Party 37,044 2.74% Steady
Union Party 32,943 2.44% Steady
People's Party of Armenia 22,762 1.68% Steady
Republic 22,288 1.65% Steady
Impeachment Union 17,475 1.29% Steady
Non-partisans/Independents 17 41.5% 17 Decrease 38
Invalid/blank votes 53,812 — — — —
Total 1,375,733 100.00% 90 41 100.0% 131 Steady
Turnout: 59.35
Source: Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia

The BBC reported a turnout of over 60%.[3] The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe judged the elections to have "demonstrated improvement" over previous parliamentary elections, but said "the stated intention by the Armenian authorities to conduct an election in line with OSCE commitments and international standards was not fully realized." [4]

Critics and opposition politicians had announced their fears that the polls would not be democratic, despite officials' reassurements that the changes to the voting laws will ensure a more democratic election than the greatly criticised 2003 one.[5]

References

  1. ↑ ElectionGuide.org
  2. ↑ Armenian parliament election kicks off People's Daily Online, 12 May 2007
  3. ↑ 2007 Armenian elections - BBC
  4. ↑ OSCE/ODIHR EOM Final Report, 10 September 2007 Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Armenia holds parliamentary poll BBC News, 12 May 2007
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