Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Armenian SSR, the ruling Communist Party of Armenia had fallen into great disfavor. Its running secretary, Aram Gaspar Sargsyan, dissolved the party and established the Democratic Party of Armenia, appointing himself as the first secretary of the new party.
Meanwhile, Ruben Tovmasyan and some other party members, clearly unfavorable to Sargsyan's move to dissolve the original Communist Party of Armenia, founded a new Armenian Communist Party shortly thereafter.
The party nominated Sargsyan as its candidate in the 2003 Armenian presidential election. Sargsyan came in seventh place, receiving 0.21% of the vote. However, Sargsyan was a member of Parliament from 2003 to 2007. The party did not gain representation in the National Assembly following the 2007 parliamentary election as it failed to pass the 5% minimum threshold for parliamentary representation, gaining just 0.27% of the popular vote.
The party confirmed that it would participate in the 2021 Armenian parliamentary elections.[4] Four members of the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party were nominated to run under the Democratic Party of Armenia's electoral list.[5] Following the election, the party won just 0.39% of the popular vote, failing to win any seats in the National Assembly.
The Democratic Party of Armenia does not have political representation in the National Assembly and currently acts as an extra-parliamentary force.
Activities
In June 2019, representatives of the Democratic Party of Armenia held a meeting with President Armen Sargsyan and discussed domestic and foreign policy issues.[6]
