Rule of Law (Armenia)

Rule of Law Օրինաց երկիր Orinats Erkir
Leader	Artur Baghdasarian
Founded	1998
Ideology	Centrism
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
European affiliation	European People's Party (observer)
Colours	Red
National Assembly of Armenia	6 / 131
Website
http://www.oek.am
Politics of Armenia Political parties Elections

Rule of Law (Օրինաց երկիր, Orinats Erkir) abbreviated as ՕԵԿ, OEK, is a centrist political party in Armenia, led by Artur Baghdasarian. It is the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of Armenia. In the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections, it only obtained 9 seats in parliament, in contrast to 19 seats in the 2003 elections.

In the February 2008 presidential election, Baghdasarian was the party's candidate; he placed third with 17.7% of the vote according to final official results.

Rule of Law political party is part of the newly formed ruling coalition.

Parliamentary elections
Year	Party-list			Constituency /total	Total seats	+/–
	Votes	%	Seats /total
1999	56,807	5.3%	4 /56	2 /75	6 /131
2003	148,381	12.9%	12 /56	7 /75	19 /131	13
2007	95,324	7.1%	16 /90	0 /41	9 /131	10
2012	83,123	5.5%	5 /90	1 /41	6 /131	4

External links

• Rule of Law Party Official website