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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 12 May 2007. [1] 1,364 candidates ran for the 131 seats, 41 of which were constituency seats with the remaining 90 being filled by a proportional party-list system. [2] The electoral threshold was five per cent.
The BBC reported a turnout of over 60%. [3] The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe judged the elections to have "demonstrated improvement" over previous parliamentary elections, but said "the stated intention by the Armenian authorities to conduct an election in line with OSCE commitments and international standards was not fully realized." [4]
Critics and opposition politicians had announced their fears that the polls would not be democratic, despite officials' reassurances that the changes to the voting laws would ensure a more democratic election than the greatly criticised 2003 one. [5]
| Party | Proportional | Constituency | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Republican Party of Armenia | 458,258 | 33.91 | 41 | 429,423 | 33.93 | 18 | 59 | +26 | |
| Prosperous Armenia | 204,483 | 15.13 | 18 | 216,977 | 17.14 | 7 | 25 | New | |
| Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 177,907 | 13.16 | 16 | 3,237 | 0.26 | 0 | 16 | +5 | |
| Orinats Yerkir | 95,324 | 7.05 | 8 | 93,999 | 7.43 | 2 | 10 | –9 | |
| Heritage | 81,048 | 6.00 | 7 | 7 | New | ||||
| United Labour Party | 59,271 | 4.39 | 0 | 0 | –6 | ||||
| National Unity | 49,864 | 3.69 | 0 | 8,341 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | –9 | |
| New Times | 47,060 | 3.48 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| People's Party | 37,044 | 2.74 | 0 | 9,523 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Union Party | 32,943 | 2.44 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| People's Party of Armenia | 22,762 | 1.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hanrapetutyun Party | 22,288 | 1.65 | 0 | 0 | –1 | ||||
| Impeachment Union | 17,475 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Armenian Communist Party | 8,792 | 0.65 | 0 | 568 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Democratic Party | 8,556 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Direct Democracy Party | 8,351 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| National Accord Party | 4,199 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Democratic Party of Armenia | 3,686 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Christian-People's Renaissance Party | 3,433 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| United Liberal National Party | 2,739 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Marxist Party of Armenia | 2,660 | 0.20 | 0 | 7,638 | 0.60 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Youth Party | 2,291 | 0.17 | 0 | 10,233 | 0.81 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Social Democrat Hunchakian Party | 989 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Dashink Party | 36,746 | 2.90 | 1 | 1 | New | ||||
| Democratic Way Party | 13,338 | 1.05 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Pan-Armenian National Movement | 7,764 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Christian Democratic Union | 6,898 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Liberal Progressive Party of Armenia | 6,886 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Constitutional Right Union Party | 3,628 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Bloc of National Democrats | 1,440 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Armenian Motherland Party | 1,356 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Hayreniq Party | 1,269 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Progressive United Communist Party | 1,237 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Freedom Struggle Veterans' Union | 1,043 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Independents | 404,121 | 31.93 | 13 | 13 | –24 | ||||
| Total | 1,351,423 | 100.00 | 90 | 1,265,665 | 100.00 | 41 | 131 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 1,351,423 | 97.26 | 1,265,665 | 94.87 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 38,002 | 2.74 | 68,402 | 5.13 | |||||
| Total votes | 1,389,425 | 100.00 | 1,334,067 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,319,722 | 59.90 | 2,278,404 | 58.55 | |||||
| Source: Central Electoral Commission of Armenia, CLEA | |||||||||
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