Elections in Nagorno Karabakh
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The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic elects on a national level a president and a parliament. The president is elected for a five term by the people.
The National Assembly
(Azgayin Zhoghov) has 33 members, 22 elected for a five year term in single seat constituencies and 11 by proportional representation
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Nagorno Karabakh has a multi-party system, with numerous parties
in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties
must work with each other to form coalition government
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The National Assembly
National Assembly of Nagorno Karabakh
The parliament of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the National Assembly , has 33 members, elected for a five year term. 16 of them are elected in single seat constituencies, the rest using party-list proportional representation.-See also:*List of Chairmen of the National Assembly of Nagorno-Karabakh...
(Azgayin Zhoghov) has 33 members, 22 elected for a five year term in single seat constituencies and 11 by proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
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Nagorno Karabakh has a multi-party system, with numerous parties
Political Parties
Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...
in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties
Political Parties
Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...
must work with each other to form coalition government
Coalition government
A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...
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