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1995 Armenian parliamentary election

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1995 Armenian parliamentary election
Armenia
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All 190 seats in the National Assembly
96 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats
Republic Bloc 43.9 88
Shamiram 17.4 8
Communist Sergey Badalyan 12.4 10
NDU 7.7 5
UNSD 5.7 3
Ramgavar 2.6 1
ARF 1
Independents 72
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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 Republic Bloc (an alliance of the Pan-Armenian National Movement, Democratic Liberal Party, Christian Democratic Union and the Republican Party of Armenia), which won 88 of the 190 seats.[3] Overall voter turnout was 54.3%. Following the election, the Republic Bloc and the Shamiram party formed a coalition government.[4]

Results

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PartyProportionalConstituencyTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Republic Bloc[a]329,00043.9206888New
Shamiram130,25217.4808New
Armenian Communist Party93,35312.46410–126
National Democratic Union57,9967.7325New
Union for National Self-Determination42,9875.7303New
Ramgavar19,4372.6011New
Will and Dashnaksutiun15,4242.1000New
Armenian Agrarian Democratic Party13,7841.8000New
Armenian Democratic Party13,7841.8000New
Mission10,4281.6000New
Armenian Scientific-Industrial Civil Union9,9401.3000New
Nation State8,3971.1000New
People's Party6,7060.9000New
Armenian Revolutionary Federation11New
Independents7272+13
None of the above
Vacant22
Total40150190–69
Valid votes771,83065.21
Invalid/blank votes411,74334.79
Total votes1,183,573100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,178,69954.32
Source: Nohlen et al.
  1. ^ The Republic 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 of Armenia also winning one.

References

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  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
  4. ^ Հայ կուսակցությունների մասնատման ու դաշինքների պատմությունը EVN, 16 February 2021