2003 Armenian parliamentary election

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2003 Armenian parliamentary election
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  1999 25 May 2003 2007  

All 131 seats in the National Assembly
66 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
Republican Andranik Margaryan 23.3733
Justice Stepan Demirchyan 13.6014
Orinats Yerkir Artur Baghdasaryan 12.3319+13
ARF Vahan Hovhannisyan 11.3611+3
National Unity Artashes Geghamyan 8.799New
United Labour Gurgen Arsenyan 5.636New
Hanrapetutyun Aram Sargsyan 1New
AALP 1New
Independents 37+5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforeAppointed Prime Minister
Andranik Margaryan
Republican
Andranik Margaryan
Republican

Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 25 May 2003. There were 56 constituency seats and 75 elected on a national basis using proportional representation. [1] They saw the Republican Party of Armenia emerge as the largest party, with 33 of the 131 seats. However, the elections were strongly criticized by international election monitors, who cited widespread fraud and noted that they fell short of democratic standards. [2]

Results

PartyProportionalConstituencyTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Republican Party of Armenia 280,36323.3723124,95011.821033
Justice Alliance 163,20313.6014014
Orinats Yerkir 147,95612.331296,0799.09719+13
Armenian Revolutionary Federation 136,27011.3611011+3
National Unity 105,4808.79909New
United Labour Party 67,5315.63606New
Liberal Democratic Union of Armenia 55,4434.62000New
Mighty Fatherland 39,5863.300000
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party 34,1082.840000
Dignity, Democracy, Motherland 33,6052.80000New
Armenian Communist Party 24,9912.08000–10
Union of Producers and Women 24,3882.03000New
People's Party of Armenia 13,2141.10000
Law and Unity 10,9550.91000New
Liberals Alliance9,7110.81000New
Christian Democratic Union 8,0570.67000New
Armenian National Movement 7,6760.64000New
Justice Party 6,4730.54000New
Renewed Communist Party of Armenia 6,2000.52000New
National Accord6,0780.51000New
Fist of the Armenian Braves3,4380.29000New
Hanrapetutyun Party 15,2981.4511New
All Armenian Labour Party 13,5561.2811New
Independents694,34465.663737+5
None of the Above14,9211.24
Total1,199,647100.0075561310
Valid votes1,199,64797.191,057,54899.35
Invalid/blank votes34,6222.816,9260.65
Total votes1,234,269100.001,064,474100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,340,74452.73
Source: CEC, IPU, OSCE

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References

  1. Results Election Guide
  2. 2007 Elections improved from previous ones St. Petersburg Times