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Parliamentary elections were held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on 3 May 2015. [1]
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]
More than 100 representatives from 30 countries observed the elections. [3]
| Party | Proportional | Constituency | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Free Motherland | 32,632 | 47.35 | 11 | 4 | 15 | +1 | |||
| Democratic Party of Artsakh | 13,105 | 19.02 | 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 | ||||||
| Total | 68,916 | 100.00 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 0 | |||
| Valid votes | 68,916 | 95.32 | 65,599 | 93.94 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,380 | 4.68 | 4,232 | 6.06 | |||||
| Total votes | 72,296 | 100.00 | 69,831 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 102,042 | 70.85 | 98,920 | 70.59 | |||||
| Source: CEC, CEC, Caucasian Knot | |||||||||
Azerbaijan, the European Union, the United States and Turkey all said that they did not recognise the elections. [4] [1] [5]
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