1999 Armenian parliamentary election

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1999 Armenian parliamentary election
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All 131 seats in the National Assembly
66 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
Unity Bloc41.4562+1
Communist Sergey Badalyan 12.04100
Law and Unity 7.937New
ARF 7.798+7
Orinats Yerkir Artur Baghdasaryan 5.256New
NDU 5.146+1
Independents –32-40
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 30 May 1999. [1] There were 75 constituency seats and 56 elected on a national basis using proportional representation. [2] The result was a victory for the Unity Bloc, which won 62 of the 131 seats. [3]

Results

PartyProportionalConstituencyTotal
seats		+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Unity Bloc (HZK–HHK)448,13341.45293362+61
Armenian Communist Party 130,16112.0482100
Law and Unity Bloc 85,7367.93617New
Armenian Revolutionary Federation 84,2327.79538+7
Orinats Yerkir 56,8075.25426New
National Democratic Union 55,6205.14426+1
Dignified Future 35,1903.25000New
Union of Communist and Socialist Parties26,8232.48000New
Mighty Fatherland 24,8962.30000New
Union for National Self-Determination 24,6812.28000–3
Motherland Bloc13,2931.23000New
Pan-Armenian National Movement 12,5401.16000–62
Freedom Party 11,0761.02000New
Democratic Party 10,6210.980000
Mission8,1220.750000
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party 7,3740.68000–4
Free Hayk Mission6,5260.60000New
Nation State5,7850.540000
Youth Party of Armenia5,6750.52000New
Bloc of Socialist Forces and Intellectuals2,5880.24000New
Shamiram 2,0530.19000–8
Independents3232–40
None of the above23,3142.16–––
Total1,081,246100.005675131–59
Valid votes1,081,24695.09
Invalid/blank votes55,8874.91
Total votes1,137,133100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,198,55451.72
Source: IPU, Nohlen et al.

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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
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