2003 Armenian parliamentary election
2003 Armenian parliamentary election All 131 seats in the National Assembly 66 seats needed for a majority
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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.[ 1] 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.[ 2]
Results
Party Proportional Constituency Total seats +/– Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Republican Party of Armenia 280,363 23.37 23 124,950 11.82 10 33 – Justice Alliance 163,203 13.60 14 0 14 – Orinats Yerkir 147,956 12.33 12 96,079 9.09 7 19 +13 Armenian Revolutionary Federation 136,270 11.36 11 0 11 +3 National Unity 105,480 8.79 9 0 9 New United Labour Party 67,531 5.63 6 0 6 New Liberal Democratic Union of Armenia 55,443 4.62 0 0 0 New Mighty Fatherland 39,586 3.30 0 0 0 0 Armenian Democratic Liberal Party 34,108 2.84 0 0 0 0 Dignity, Democracy, Motherland 33,605 2.80 0 0 0 New Armenian Communist Party 24,991 2.08 0 0 0 –10 Union of Producers and Women 24,388 2.03 0 0 0 New People's Party of Armenia 13,214 1.10 0 0 0 – Law and Unity 10,955 0.91 0 0 0 New Liberals Alliance 9,711 0.81 0 0 0 New Christian Democratic Union 8,057 0.67 0 0 0 New Armenian National Movement 7,676 0.64 0 0 0 New Justice Party 6,473 0.54 0 0 0 New Renewed Communist Party of Armenia 6,200 0.52 0 0 0 New National Accord 6,078 0.51 0 0 0 New Fist of the Armenian Braves 3,438 0.29 0 0 0 New Hanrapetutyun Party 15,298 1.45 1 1 New All Armenian Labour Party 13,556 1.28 1 1 New Independents 694,344 65.66 37 37 +5 None of the Above 14,921 1.24 – – – Total 1,199,647 100.00 75 56 131 0 Valid votes 1,199,647 97.19 1,057,548 99.35 Invalid/blank votes 34,622 2.81 6,926 0.65 Total votes 1,234,269 100.00 1,064,474 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,340,744 52.73 Source: CEC , IPU , OSCE
References