Elections in Nagorno-Karabakh

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
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Constitution President Bako Sahakyan Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan National Assembly Chairman Ashot Ghulian Political parties Elections: 2012 Presidential 2010 Parliamentary
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The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic elects on a national level a president and a parliament. The president is elected for a five term by the people. The National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov) has 33 members, 16 elected for a five-year term in single seat constituencies and 17 by proportional representation. Nagorno Karabakh has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Latest elections

2012 Presidential election

 Summary of the 19 July 2012 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election results

Candidate	Votes	%
Bako Sahakyan	47,085	64.65
Vitaly Balasanyan	22,966	31.53
Arkady Soghomonyan	594	0.81
Blank or invalid	2,188	3.00
Total votes cast	72,833	100.00
Turnout	72,833	73.64
Abstention	26,076	26.36
Total eligible voters	98,909	100.00
Source: Panorama, RIA Novosti

2010 Parliamentary election

Main article: Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election, 2010

 Summary of the 23 May 2010 National Assembly of Nagorno-Karabakh election results

Party	Party-list			Constituency		Total seats	+/–
	Votes	%	Seats	Seats	%
Free Motherland	29,252	44.2%	8	6	37.5%	14	4
Democratic Party of Artsakh	18,017	27.0%	5	2	12.5%	7	5
Armenian Revolutionary Federation	12,725	19.1%	4	2	12.5%	6	3
Communist Party of Artsakh	3,057	4.6%	—	—	—	—
Non-partisans	—	—	—	6	37.5%	6	2
Valid votes	63,324	94.8%	—
Invalid/blank votes	3,446	5.2%	—
Total (Turnout 67.8%)	66,771	100.0	17	16	100	33
Source: NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs Caucasian Knot