Politics of Artsakh
Political System of Artsakh Արցախի հանրապետության պետական համակարգ | |
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Polity type | Unitary presidential republic |
Constitution | Constitution of Artsakh |
Legislative branch | |
Name | National Assembly |
Type | Unicameral |
Presiding officer | Ashot Ghulian, President of the National Assembly |
Executive branch | |
Head of State and Government | |
Title | President |
Currently | Arayik Harutyunyan |
Cabinet | |
Current cabinet | Second Harutyunyan government |
Ministries | 15 |
Judicial branch | |
Name | Judiciary of Artsakh |
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Politics of Artsakh takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Artsakh is the head of state and the head of government, and of a multi-party system; as of 2009, American-based non-governmental organisation Freedom House ranks the Artsakh above both Armenia and Azerbaijan in terms of political and civil rights.[1][2][3] Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the Government and the National Assembly. The republic is de facto independent and de jure a part of Azerbaijan. None of the elections in Artsakh are recognised by international bodies such as the OSCE Minsk Group, the European Union and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, as well as numerous individual countries, such as Azerbaijan and Turkey, who also condemned and called them a source of increased tensions.[4][5][6]
Executive branch
Office | Name | Party | Since |
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President | Arayik Harutyunyan | Free Motherland | 21 May 2020 |
The President is directly elected for a five-year term, by popular vote.
Current government
Legislative branch
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The National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov) has 33 members elected for a five-year term by Party-list proportional representation. Artsakh has a multi-party system, with numerous political 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
Presidential election
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Arayik Harutyunyan | Free Motherland - UCA Alliance | 36,076 | 49.17 | 39,860 | 88.01 | |
Masis Mayilyan | Independent | 19,360 | 26.39 | 5,428 | 11.99 | |
Vitaly Balasanyan | Justice | 10,855 | 14.79 | |||
David Ishkhanyan | Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 1,873 | 2.55 | |||
Ashot Ghulian | Democratic Party of Artsakh | 1,683 | 2.29 | |||
Hayk Khanumyan | National Revival | 962 | 1.31 | |||
Vahan Badasyan | United Armenia Party | 743 | 1.01 | |||
David Babayan | Artsakh Conservative Party | 587 | 0.80 | |||
Ruslan Israelyan | Generation of Independence Party | 371 | 0.51 | |||
Christine Balayan | Independent | 202 | 0.28 | |||
Ashot Dadayan | Independent | 198 | 0.27 | |||
Bella Lalayan | Independent | 162 | 0.22 | |||
Sergey Amiryan | Independent | 160 | 0.22 | |||
Melsik Poghosyan | Independent | 141 | 0.19 | |||
Total | 73,373 | 100.00 | 45,288 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 73,373 | 96.55 | 45,288 | 96.02 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,622 | 3.45 | 1,876 | 3.98 | ||
Total votes | 75,995 | 100.00 | 47,164 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 104,866 | 72.47 | 104,777 | 45.01 | ||
Source: CEC, CEC |
Parliamentary election
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Free Motherland - UCA Alliance | 30,015 | 40.80 | 16 | +1 | |
United Motherland | 17,683 | 24.04 | 9 | New | |
Justice | 5,867 | 7.98 | 3 | New | |
Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 4,758 | 6.47 | 3 | –4 | |
Democratic Party of Artsakh | 4,314 | 5.86 | 2 | –4 | |
New Artsakh Alliance | 3,385 | 4.60 | 0 | New | |
National Revival | 2,175 | 2.96 | 0 | 0 | |
Artsakh Conservative Party | 2,156 | 2.93 | 0 | New | |
Artsakh Revolutionary Party | 1,325 | 1.80 | 0 | New | |
United Armenia Party | 930 | 1.26 | 0 | New | |
Generation of Independence Party | 551 | 0.75 | 0 | New | |
Communist Party of Artsakh | 402 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 73,561 | 100.00 | 33 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 73,561 | 96.82 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,419 | 3.18 | |||
Total votes | 75,980 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 104,866 | 72.45 | |||
Source: CEC, Armenanews |
See also
- Electoral calendar
- Electoral system
- Elections in Artsakh
- Foreign relations of Artsakh
- List of political parties in Artsakh
- Armenakan Party (Nagorno-Karabakh)
- National Assembly (Artsakh)
- Politics of Armenia
References
- ^ freedomhouse.org: Map of Freedom in the World, Freedom House, 2009
- ^ freedomhouse.org: Map of Freedom in the World, Freedom House, 2009
- ^ freedomhouse.org: Map of Freedom in the World, Freedom House, 2009
- ^ "EU does not recognize 'elections' in Nagorno Karabakh". News.Az. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ Mustafa Pazarlı. "US will not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh's elections". Videonews.us. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ Mushvig Mehdiyev. "OIC condemns "elections" in Nagorno-Karabakh as illegal". AzerNews.az. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
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