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2015 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election
Republic of Artsakh
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All 33 seats to the National Assembly
17 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Free Motherland Arayik Harutyunyan 47.35% 15 +1
Democratic Party Ashot Ghulian 19.10% 6 0
ARF Artur Aghabekyan 18.81% 7 +1
Movement 88 Vitaly Balasanyan 6.93% 2 New
National Revival Hayk Khanumyan 5.38% 1 New
Independent 2 −5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Elected Prime Minister
Arayik Harutyunyan
Free Motherland
Arayik Harutyunyan
Free Motherland

Parliamentary elections were held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on 3 May 2015.[1]

Background

Nagorno-Karabakh declared its independence from Azerbaijan in 1991. The First Nagorno-Karabakh War took place between 1988 and 1994 which resulted in Nagorno-Karabakh, with Armenian support, becoming de facto independent from Azerbaijan. However it has not been internationally recognised and Azerbaijan still claims the area as part of its state.[2]

Conduct

More than 100 representatives from 30 countries observed the elections.[3]

Results

Party Proportional Constituency Total
seats
+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Free Motherland 32,632 47.35 11 4 15 +1
Democratic Party of Artsakh 13,105 19.10 4 2 6 0
Armenian Revolutionary Federation 12,965 18.81 4 3 7 +1
Movement 88 4,778 6.93 2 0 2 New
National Revival 3,709 5.38 1 0 1 New
Communist Party of Artsakh 1,136 1.65 0 0 0 0
Peace and Development 591 0.86 0 0 0 0
Independents 2 2 –5
Invalid/blank votes 3,380 4,232
Total 72,296 100 22 69,831 100 11 33
Registered voters/turnout 102,042 70.88 98,920 70.59
Source: CEC, CEC, Caucasian Knot

Reactions

Azerbaijan, the European Union, the United States and Turkey all said that they did not recognise the elections.[4][1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b West and Azerbaijan denounce Nagorno-Karabakh ‘elections’ EurActive, 4 May 2015
  2. ^ "Karabakh holds disputed elections". BBC Online. 19 June 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Election season for the civil society in the unrecognised republics of Caucasus". fpc.org.uk. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. ^ Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry: so-called elections in Nagorno-Karabakh can’t have any legal status AzerTag, 5 May 2015
  5. ^ Turkey says May 3 elections in Nagorno-Karabakh violate int’l law Archived 3 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Today's Zaman, 1 May 2015