Armenian parliamentary election, 1919

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Parliamentary elections were held for the first (and only) time in the First Republic of Armenia between 21 and 23 June 1919. The electoral system used was party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method in one national district. [1] The result was a landslide victory for the Armenian Revolutionary Federation which won 72 of the 80 seats. However the election was boycotted by the Hunchaks and Populists. [2] Voter turnout was 71.2%. [3]

First Republic of Armenia former country

The First Republic of Armenia, officially known at the time of its existence as the Democratic Republic of Armenia, was the first modern Armenian state since the loss of Armenian statehood in the Middle Ages.

Party-list proportional representation family of voting systems

Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation (PR) in elections in which multiple candidates are elected through allocations to an electoral list. They can also be used as part of mixed additional member systems.

The D'Hondt method or the Jefferson method is a highest averages method for allocating seats, and is thus a type of party-list proportional representation. The method described is named in the United States after Thomas Jefferson, who introduced the method for proportional allocation of seats in the United States House of Representatives in 1791, and in Europe after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt, who described it in 1878 for proportional allocation of parliamentary seats to the parties. There are two forms: closed list and an open list.

Election results

PartyVotes%Seats
Armenian Revolutionary Federation 230,77289.072
Esers 13,2895.14
Tatar 9,1873.53
Independent Peasants Union4,2241.31
Kurd 1,3050.50
Armenian Populist Party4810.20
Assyrian 1730.00
Total259,43110080
Source: 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. ↑ "A.R.F. - History". Lemagan.com. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  3. ↑ Nohlen et al., p333
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