1995 Armenian parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 5 July 1995, with a second round on 29 July.[1] There were 150 constituency seats and 40 elected on a national basis using proportional representation.[2] The result was a victory for the Republican Bloc (an alliance of the Pan-Armenian National Movement, Democratic Liberal Party, Christian Democratic Union and the Republican Party), which won 88 of the 190 seats.[3] Overall voter turnout was 54.3%.

Results

Party Constituency National Total seats +/-
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Republican Bloc[a] 68 329,000 43.9 20 88 New
Shamiram 0 130,252 17.4 8 8 New
Armenian Communist Party 4 93,353 12.4 6 10 -126
National Democratic Union 2 57,996 7.7 3 5 New
Union for National Self-Determination 0 42,987 5.7 3 3 New
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party 1 19,437 2.6 0 1 New
Will and Dashnaksutiun 0 15,424 2.1 0 0 New
Armenian Agrarian Democratic Party 0 13,784 1.8 0 0 New
Democratic Party 0 13,784 1.8 0 0 New
Mission 0 10,428 1.6 0 0 New
Armenian Scientific-Industrial Civil Union 0 9,940 1.3 0 0 New
Nation State 0 8,397 1.1 0 0 New
People's Party 0 6,706 0.9 0 0 New
Armenian Revolutionary Federation 1 - - - 1 New
Independents 72 - - - 72 +13
None of the above - - - -
Vacant - - 2 - - 0 2 -62
Invalid/blank votes - 411,743 - - - -
Total 150 1,183,573 100 40 190 -69
Source: Nohlen et al.
  1. ^ The Republican Bloc parties ran separately in the constituency elections, with Pan-Armenian National Movement winning 62 seats, the Democratic Liberal Party winning 4, the Christian Democratic Union winning one and the Republican Party also winning one.

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p329 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ^ Armenia Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. ^ Nohlen et al., p335