2007 Armenian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election in Armenia 2007 Armenian parliamentary election Armenia 2003 2007 05 12 2012 All 131 seats in the National Assembly 66 Serzh Sargsyan Republican Party of Armenia 33 59 33.91 Gagik Tsarukyan Prosperous Armenia New 25 15.13 Vahan Hovhannisyan Armenian Revolutionary Federation 11 16 13.16 Artur Baghdasaryan Orinats Yerkir 19 10 7.05 Raffi Hovannisian Heritage (Armenia) New 7 6.00 Dashink Party #AA88BB New 1 – – Independent politician 37 13 – Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan Republican Party of Armenia Elected Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan Republican Party of Armenia Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 12 May 2007.ElectionGuide.org 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.Armenian parliament election kicks off People's Daily Online, 12 May 2007 The electoral threshold was five per cent. Results The BBC reported a turnout of over 60%.2007 Armenian elections - BBC The Organization 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."OSCE/ODIHR EOM Final Report, 10 September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606114829/http://www.osce.org/documents/html/pdftohtml/26169_en.pdf.html June 6, 2011 Critics and opposition politicians had announced their fears that the polls would not be democratic, despite officials' reassurances that the changes to the voting laws would ensure a more democratic election than the greatly criticised 2003 one.Armenia holds parliamentary poll BBC News, 12 May 2007 File:Armenian National Assembly 2007.svg Proportional Constituency Republican Party of Armenia 458258 41 429423 18 59 +26 Prosperous Armenia 204483 18 216977 7 25 New Armenian Revolutionary Federation 177907 16 3237 0 16 +5 Orinats Yerkir 95324 8 93999 2 10 –9 Heritage 81048 7 7 New United Labour Party 59271 0 0 –6 National Unity 49864 0 8341 0 0 –9 New Times 47060 0 0 New People's Party 37044 0 9523 0 0 New Union Party 32943 0 0 New People's Party of Armenia 22762 0 0 0 Hanrapetutyun Party 22288 0 0 –1 Impeachment Union 17475 0 0 New Armenian Communist Party 8792 0 568 0 0 0 National Democratic Party 8556 0 0 New Direct Democracy Party 8351 0 0 New National Accord Party 4199 0 0 New Democratic Party of Armenia 3686 0 0 New Christian-People's Renaissance Party 3433 0 0 New United Liberal National Party 2739 0 0 New Marxist Party of Armenia 2660 0 7638 0 0 New Youth Party 2291 0 10233 0 0 New Social Democrat Hunchakian Party 989 0 0 New Dashink Party 36746 1 1 New #AA88BB Democratic Way Party 13338 0 0 New Pan-Armenian National Movement 7764 0 0 0 Christian Democratic Union 6898 0 0 0 Liberal Progressive Party of Armenia 6886 0 0 New Constitutional Right Union Party 3628 0 0 New Bloc of National Democrats 1440 0 0 New Armenian Motherland Party 1356 0 0 New Hayreniq Party 1269 0 0 New Progressive United Communist Party 1237 0 0 New Freedom Struggle Veterans' Union 1043 0 0 New Independents 404121 13 13 –24 38002 68402 0 2319722 2278404 Central Electoral Commission of Armenia, CLEA References External links Politics Center for Regional Development / Transparency International Armenia Election Monitor Armenia Parliamentary election Category:Parliamentary elections in Armenia Armenian election Category:2000s in Armenian politics Category:May 2007 elections