1998 Armenian presidential election

none Armenia presidential 1996 Armenian presidential election 1996 2003 Armenian presidential election 2003 16 March 1998 (first round)30 March 1998 (second round) Robert Kocharyan.jpg Robert Kocharyan Independent politician 908,613 58.91% Karen Demirchyan 1999.png Karen Demirchyan People's Party of Armenia 618,764 40.12% 250px Kocharyan: #BDBDBD 50–60% #969696 60–70% #737373 70–80% President Levon Ter-Petrosyan Robert Kocharyan Presidential elections were held in Armenia on 16 March 1998, with a second round on 30 March.Elections in Asia and the Pacific: a data handbook 2001 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-924958-9 Nohlen Dieter Oxford ; New York Grotz Florian Hartmann Christof The result was a victory for independent candidate Robert Kocharyan, who won 58.9% of the vote in the second round. Turnout was 63.5% in the first round and 68.1% in the second.Nohlen et al., p337 Overview The first round was held on 16 March 1998.Armenians to choose new president today http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=armenians-to-choose-new-president-today-1998-03-16 15 April 2013 Hürriyet Daily News 16 March 1998 Prime Minister and acting President Robert Kocharyan and Karen Demirchyan, the leader of Soviet Armenia from 1974 to 1988, won the most votes: 38.5% and 30.5% respectively. Demirchyan, who came in second, had been absent from politics for 10 years and had been in business. Demirchyan was seen as a good old man from the Soviet times who could "return to the certainties of the past and distaste for mafia capitalism personified by Ter-Petrosyan's rule." Demirchyan was very popular among the Armenian public.1998-03-16 Slick old fox set for comeback in Armenia poll https://www.independent.co.uk/news/slick-old-fox-set-for-comeback-in-armenia-poll-1150659.html 2026-10-07 The Independent enArmenians vote for president Monday http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9803/15/armenian.elex/index.html 31 March 2013 15 March 1998 CNNStrong turnout as Armenians choose president http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9803/16/armenian.elex/index.html 31 March 2013 16 March 1998 CNN A poll quoted by Western diplomats, showed that Demirchyan had the support of the 53% of Armenians, while Kocharyan was favored by only 36%.Bennett Vanora Armenians Vote for New President https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-31-mn-34533-story.html 17 April 2013 Los Angeles Times 31 March 1998 Vanora Bennett He was also preferable for the West, since he had more moderate approach to the Karabakh conflict, while Kocharyan was seen as more likely to take a hard line because of his deep connections with Karabakh (Kocharyan is a native of the region and was previously president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic).The Armenian Parliamentary Elections, 30th May 1999 http://bhhrgarchive.org/Countries/Armenia/Armenia%20(1999)%20Parliamentary%20Elections.pdf British Helsinki Human Rights Group 26 April 2013 1–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20160830103120/http://bhhrgarchive.org/Countries/Armenia/Armenia%20(1999)%20Parliamentary%20Elections.pdf 30 August 2016 dead Demirchyan was also favored by Russian leaders, who considered Kocharyan an obstacle to the resolution of the Karabakh conflict. Russia's foreign minister Yevgeny Primakov openly endorsed Demirchyan, while Kocharyan was depicted by Russian television as "pro-Western" and "a radical."Sanamyan Emil 27 October 2019 From the Archives: In 1990s Russia Saw Kocharyan as Obstacle to Karabakh Deal https://armenian.usc.edu/from-the-archives-in-1990s-russia-saw-kocharyan-as-main-obstacle-to-compromise/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200815113352/https://armenian.usc.edu/from-the-archives-in-1990s-russia-saw-kocharyan-as-main-obstacle-to-compromise/ 15 August 2020 USC Institute of Armenian Studies The second round of the election was held on March 30 between Kocharyan and Demirchyan. Kocharyan won with 58.9% of the vote. The final results showed Demirchyan having only 40.1% of the vote.Summer 1998 Elections Today 7 4 26 International Foundation for Electoral Systems 1073-6719 The British Helsinki Human Rights Group claimed that "ordinary Armenians turned to Robert Kocharian as someone untainted by mafia connections and the intrigues of Yerevan politics." The OSCE observation mission described the first round as "deeply flawed,"Armenian elections go to run-off http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/67211.stm 8 April 2013 19 March 1998 BBC News while their final report stated that the mission found "serious flaws" and that the election did not meet the OSCE standards.Republic of Armenian Presidential Election March 16 and 30, 1998 Final Report http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/armenia/14192 Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 8 April 2013 9 April 1998 Although Demirchyan didn't officially dispute the election results, he never accepted them and did not congratulate Kocharyan.Report on Armenia's parliamentary election May 30, 1999 1999 https://archive.org/details/1999ArmenianElections Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe 6 April 2013 Washington, DC 5Key Armenian leaders assassinated http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11722&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=213 25 May 2013 28 October 1999 The Jamestown Foundation Although he considered himself cheated of victory, Demirchian tacitly accepted that outcome, bid his time and ultimately went for a deal with the party of power--Sarkisian's Republicans. Results Robert Kocharyan Independent 545938 908613 Karen Demirchyan People's Party of Armenia 431967 618764 Vazgen Manukyan National Democratic Union 172449 Sergey Badalyan Armenian Communist Party 155023 Paruyr Hayrikyan Union for National Self-Determination 76212 Davit Shahnazaryan Independent 6798 Artashes Geghamyan National Accord Party 6314 Vigen Khachatryan Democratic Liberal Party 3999 Hrant Khachatryan Constitutional Rights Union 2943 Aram G. Sargsyan Democratic Party 2710 Yuri Mkrtchyan Independent 2511 Ashot Bleyan New Path 1559 Against all 9509 14890 38177 25435 2293636 2300816 Nohlen et al. Analysis Hrant Mikayelian, researcher at the Caucasus Institute, estimated, based on turnout analysts, that actual results of the first round were as follows: Kocharyan at 32.6%, Demirchyan at 33.5%, Manukyan at 13.3% and Badalyan at 12%. As for the final result, Mikayelian estimated that Kocharyan would still win if no electoral violations took place, but with a smaller margin: 50.6% vs Demirchyan's 48.3%.Если бы выборы в Армении были честными? Альтернативный подсчет. 1990-е гг. https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/blogs/83781/posts/35768 kavkaz-uzel.eu https://web.archive.org/web/20190629162530/https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/blogs/83781/posts/35768 29 June 2019 ru 16 December 2018 References External links hy Նախագահական ընտրություններ 1998 Internews Armenia ru 1998-ի նախագահական ընտրությունները Internews Armenia Armenia Category:Presidential elections in Armenia President Category:1990s in Armenian politics