Armenian parliamentary election, 1995

Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 5 July 1995, with a second round on 29 July.^[1] There were 150 constituency seats and 40 elected on a national basis using proportional representation.^[2] The result was a victory for the Republican Bloc (an alliance of the Pan-Armenian National Movement, Democratic Liberal Party, Christian Democratic Union and the Republican Party), which won 88 of the 190 seats.^[3] Overall voter turnout was 54.3%.

Results

Party	Constituency			National			Total seats	+/-
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Republican Bloc*			68	329,000	43.9	20	88	New
Shamiram			0	130,252	17.4	8	8	New
Armenian Communist Party			4	93,353	12.4	6	10	-126
National Democratic Union			2	57,996	7.7	3	5	New
Union for National Self-Determination			0	42,987	5.7	3	3	New
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party			1	19,437	2.6	0	1	New
Will and Dashnaksutiun			0	15,424	2.1	0	0	New
Armenian Agraian Democratic Party			0	13,784	1.8	0	0	New
Democratic Party			0	13,784	1.8	0	0	New
Mission			0	10,428	1.6	0	0	New
Armenian Scientific-Industrial Civil Union			0	9,940	1.3	0	0	New
Nation State			0	8,397	1.1	0	0	New
People's Party			0	6,706	0.9	0	0	New
Armenian Revolutionary Federation			1	-	-	-	1	New
Independents			72	-	-	-	72	+13
None of the above			-			-	-	-
Vacant	-	-	2	-	-	0	2	-62
Invalid/blank votes			-	411,743	-	-	-	-
Total			150	1,183,573	100	40	190	-69
Source: Nohlen et al.

• The Republican Bloc parties ran separately in the constituency elections, with Pan-Armenian National Movement winning 62 seats, the Democratic Liberal Party winning 4, the Christian Democratic Union winning one and the Republican Party also winning one.

References

1. Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p329 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
2. Armenia Inter-Parliamentary Union
3. Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p335 ISBN 0-19-924958-X