Rule of Law (Armenia)

Rule of Law Օրինաց երկիր
Leader	Artur Baghdasaryan
Founded	1998
Ideology	Centrism
Political position	Centre
European affiliation	European People's Party (observer)
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International[1]
Colours	Bleu
National Assembly of Armenia	5 / 131
Website
http://www.oek.am
Politics of Armenia Political parties Elections

Rule of Law (Armenian: Օրինաց երկիր, Orinats’ Yerkir) abbreviated as ՕԵԿ, OEK, is a political party in Armenia, led by Artur Baghdasaryan. It is the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of Armenia. In the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections, it only obtained 9 seats in parliament, in contrast to 19 seats in the 2003 elections.

In the February 2008 presidential election, Baghdasarian was the party's candidate; he placed third with 17.7% of the vote according to final official results.^[2]

Rule of Law political party is part of the newly formed ruling coalition.

Parliamentary elections
Year	Party-list			Constituency /total	Total seats	+/–
Votes	%	Seats /total
1999	56,807	5.3%	4 /56	2 /75	6 /131
2003	148,381	12.9%	12 /56	7 /75	19 /131	13
2007	95,324	7.1%	16 /90	0 /41	9 /131	10
2012	83,123	5.5%	5 /90	1 /41	5 /131	4

References

1. Centrist Democrat International
2. "RA CEC DECLARED SERGE SARGSIAN ARMENIA’S PRESIDENT", defacto.am, 25 February 2008.

External links

• Rule of Law Party Official website