Armenian parliamentary election, 2003
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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. 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.
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
on 25 May 2003. There were 56 constituency seats and 75 elected on a national basis using proportional representation. They saw the Republican Party of Armenia
Republican Party of Armenia
The Republican Party of Armenia is a national conservative political party in Armenia. It was the first political party in independent Armenia to be founded and registered . It is the largest party of the centre-right in Armenia, and claims to have 140,000 members...
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.
Results
| Party | Constituency | National | Total seats | +/- | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Republican Party of Armenia Republican Party of Armenia The Republican Party of Armenia is a national conservative political party in Armenia. It was the first political party in independent Armenia to be founded and registered . It is the largest party of the centre-right in Armenia, and claims to have 140,000 members... |
124,950 | 11.82 | 10 | 278,712 | 23.66 | 23 | 33 | ||
| Justice Justice (Armenia) The Justice is a progressive electoral coalition in Armenia.At the last elections, 25 May 2003, Ardarutyun won 13.6 % of popular votes and 14 out of 131 seats. It is the third largest group in parliament, but the second largest in terms of share of the vote.... |
0 | 161,533 | 13.71 | 14 | 14 | New | |||
| Rule of Law Rule of Law (Armenia) Rule of Law is a centrist political party in Armenia, led by Artur Baghdasarian. It is the fourth largest party in the Armenian National Assembly... |
96,079 | 9.09 | 7 | 148,381 | 12.98 | 12 | 19 | ||
| Armenian Revolutionary Federation Armenian Revolutionary Federation The Armenian Revolutionary Federation is an Armenian political party founded in Tiflis in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian... |
0 | 134,849 | 11.45 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| National Unity National Unity (Armenia) The National Unity is a conservative political party in Armenia. It is currently led by Artashes Geghamyan.... |
0 | 104,941 | 8.91 | 9 | 9 | New | |||
| United Labour Party United Labour Party (Armenia) The United Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Armenia. It is led by Gurgen Arsenian.At the last elections, 25 May 2003, the party won 5.7 % of popular votes and 6 out of 131 seats. In the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections it didn't win any seat with a popular vote of 4.39%.... |
0 | 66,817 | 5.67 | 6 | 6 | New | |||
| Liberal Democratic Union of Armenia Liberal Democratic Union of Armenia The 'Liberal Democratic Union of Armenia' is a political party in Armenia.At the last elections, 25 May 2003, the party won 4.6 % of popular votes and no seats.- External links :**... |
0 | 282,599 | 23.99 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
| Mighty Fatherland Mighty Fatherland The Mighty Fatherland is a nationalist political party in Armenia.At the last elections, 25 May 2003, the party won 3.3 % of popular votes and no seats.... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Democratic Liberal Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dignity, Democracy, Motherland Dignity, Democracy, Motherland The Dignity, Democracy, Motherland is a nationalist political party in Armenia.At the last elections, 25 May 2003, the party won 2.8 % of popular votes and no seats.... |
0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
| Union of Industrialists and Women | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
| Armenian Communist Party Armenian Communist Party The Armenian Communist Party is a communist political party in Armenia.It considers itself the successor of the Communist Party of Armenia of the Soviet Union, since the former leadership of this party, headed by Aram Gasparovich Sarkisyan, dissolved it and established the Democratic Party of... |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| People's Party People's Party of Armenia The People's Party of Armenia is a left-wing socialist political party in Armenia.... |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Law and Unity Law and Unity The 'Law and Unity' is a conservative political party in Armenia.At the last elections, 25 May 2003, the party won 1.0 % of popular votes and no seats.... |
0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
| Republic Republic (Armenia) The Republic is an opposition political party in Armenia. The party founded by the ex-members of Republican Party of Armenia and members of "Yerkrapah" Volunteer union- Aram Sargsyan, Albert Bazeyan, Vagharshak Harutyunyan, Ara Ketikyan and others, in April, 2001.At the Parliamentary elections of... |
15,298 | 1.45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | |||
| All Armenian Labour Party All Armenian Labour Party The All Armenian Labour Party is a social democratic political party in Armenia.At the last elections, on 25 May 2003, the party won 1 seat.... |
13,556 | 1.28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | |||
| Independents | 694,344 | 65.66 | 37 | ||||||
| 37 | |||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 6,926 | ||||||||
| 10,424 | |||||||||
| Total | 1,064,474 | 100 | 56 | 1,188,256 | 100 | 75 | 131 | 0 | |
| Source: IFES, IPU | |||||||||