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A presidential election will be held on February 18, 2013 in Armenia.
Background
None of the 4 major opposition parties that participated in the 6 May parliamentary election recognized its legitimacy.
On December 12, 2012, Prosperous Armenia, the second largest party in the parliament, announced that it will not have a candidate in the election and will not support any other candidate.[1]
On December 15, 2012, the Republican Party officially nominated Serzh Sargsyan as the party candidate.[2]
On December 25, 2012, Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan announced that he will not participate in the upcoming election, thought it was initially announced that Ter-Petrosyan will be Armenian National Congress candidate. LTP ended second in the 2008 election with 21.5%. In May 2012 ANC speaker Levon Zurabyan said that they don't have a better candidate for presidency than Ter-Petrosyan.[3]
On December 26, 2012, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation announced their decision not to nominate a candidate.[4]
Potential candidates
The deadline to register as a presidential candidate is January 4, 2013.[5]
So far, the following candidates have been nominated or announced that they would run for the office:
- Serzh Sargsyan, the incumbent President elected in the disputed 2008 election with 52.3%. Leader of ruling Republican Party.
- Raffi Hovannisian, first Foreign Minister of Armenia (1991-1992), leader of the Heritage party.[6][7]
- Paruyr Hayrikyan, leader of the Union for National Self-Determination party.[8]
- Hrant Bagratyan, leader of Freedom party, 1993-1996 Prime Minister of Armenia[7]
- Andreas Ghukasyan, a political analyst, Radio Hay director [7][9][10]
- Vardan Sedrakyan, an epic poetry expert[11]
- Arman Melikyan, candidate in the 2008 presidential election
- Aram Harutyunyan, leader of the National Conciliation Party
Campaign
The campaign will start on January 21, 2013 and will end on February 16. February 17 is an election silence day.
On January 31, 2013, just before midnight, Presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan was shot in his right clavicle.[12]
Oversight
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Opinion polls
| Elect.am | 2013 | 15.2 | 10.7 | 4.1 | 31.8 | ||
| Baltic Surveys/The Gallup Organization | Template:Dtsh 15-23 January 2012[13] | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1.6 | 16% were undecided | |
| European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA) | Template:Dtsh 15-20 January 2012[14] | 20.8 | 5 | 5 | 1.5 | of the decided voters | |
| Sociometer | Template:Dtsh December 2012[15] | 20 | 5.6 | 3 | 1.4 | of the 28% decided voters |
References
- ^ "Tsarukian Will Not Run for President". Asbarez. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ "ՍԵՐԺ ՍԱՐԳՍՅԱՆԸ ՀՀԿ 14-ՐԴ ԱՐՏԱՀԵՐԹ ՀԱՄԱԳՈՒՄԱՐՈՒՄ ԱՌԱՋԱԴՐՎԵԼ Է ՀՀ ՆԱԽԱԳԱՀԻ ԹԵԿՆԱԾՈՒ". Republican Party of Armenia. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ Template:Hy icon Hovhannisyan, Irian (May 9, 2012). "ՀԱԿ-ը "Տեր-Պետրոսյանից լավ նախագահի թեկնածու չունի"". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "ARF Dashnaktsutyun not to nominate presidential candidate". News.am. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Timeline" (PDF). Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia:. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ Template:Hy icon Stepanyan, Ruzanna (November 5, 2012). "Րաֆֆի Հովհաննիսյան. 2013 թվականը ես ինձ վրա պետք է վերցնեմ (Raffi Hovannisian: In 2013, I will be on my own)". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Another six presidential candidates". Panorama.am. 25 December 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ^ Template:Hy icon "Հայրիկյանը պատրաստվում է նախագահական ընտրություններին". Aravot. May 29, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Andreas Ghukasyan submits presidential election nomination". News.am. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Political analyst Andreas Ghukasyan to run for president". Armenpress. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "New candidate thankful to first, second presidents". Tert.am. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Hayrikian Shot, Taken to Hospital". Asbarez. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Gallup: President Sargsyan ahead in election race". News.am. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ "Armenians take elections seriously, despite clear lead of incumbent". European Friends of Armenia. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ Template:Hy icon "Ըստ Ադիբեկյանի՝ ընտրողների 72 տոկոսը կքվեարկի Սերժ Սարգսյանի օգտին". Public Radio of Armenia. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
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