Armenia Parliamentary elections 2017 live Voting Dates Opinion Exit Poll Candidates
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Armenia Parliamentary elections 2017 live Voting Dates Opinion Exit Poll Candidates

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Armenia Parliamentary elections 2017 Results Voting Live Dates Opinion Exit Poll

Armenia Parliamentary elections Dates 2017

Parliamentary elections Date: 2 April 2017

Parliamentary elections will be held in Armenia on 2 April 2017. They will be the first elections after the constitutional referendum in 2015 that approved reforms to become a parliamentary.

National Assembly (Armenia) consists of at least 101 seats and is elected with a two-tier Party list proportional representation method. It reserves 50% of votes casted in favour of each party to be distributed through party lists.


Armenian Parliamentary election Results Live 2017

94% votes Counted

Candidate

Vote %

Sargsyan, Republican 49%
Gagik Tsarukian 28.29
  1. Election Commission said that 94 % of the ballots counted show the Republican Party of Armenia's president, Serzh Sargsyan, winning 49% of the vote.
  2. Runner up is businessman Gagik Tsarukian with 28%. Two more parties also look set to clear the 5-percent barrier necessary to get seats in parliament.
 

Voting will end at 4 PM GMT. and the results will be declared thereafter.

Electoral system of Armenia

Elections in Armenia gives information on election and election results in Armenia.

Armenia elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people (absolute majority with 2nd round if necessary).

Armenia 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 governments.


Candidates for Parliamentary Elections 2017

N/A


Armenia Parties and leaders

Republican Party of Armenia, Prosperous Armenia, Armenian National Congress, Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Rule of Law, Heritage.


Armenia Parliamentary Last Election Results

 

Candidates

Nominating parties

Votes

%

 

Serzh Sargsyan

Republican

861,160

58.64

 

Raffi Hovannisian

Heritage

539,672

36.75

 

Hrant Bagratyan

Freedom

31,643

2.15

 

Paruyr Hayrikyan

UNSD

18,093

1.23

 

Andrias Ghukasyan

none

8,328

0.57

 

Vardan Sedrakyan

none

6,203

0.42

 

Arman Melikyan

none

3,516

0.24

Valid votes

1,468,615

96.64

Invalid votes

50,988

3.36

Total votes

1,519,603

100.00

Voters/turnout

2,528,773

60.09

Armenia Parliamentary elections 2017 Results Dates Voting Opinion Poll 

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