HOW MANDATES ARE DISTRIBUTED AMONG POLITICAL POWERS IN NEW ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT?
news.am
May 07, 2012 | 19:54
YEREVAN. - Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) received 44.05 percent
due to parliamentary elections held on May 6. It will receive 40
seats out of 90 on proportional system and will also have 29 MPs on
majoritarian system. RPA proportional list heads President of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan, followed by former parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan
and PM Tigran Sargsyan.
Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) will have 36 seats, including 28 on
proportional and 8 on majoritarianvote. The top of the list includes
Gagik Tsarukyan, former FM Vartan Oskanian and Minister of Urban
Development Vardan Vardanyan.
Armenian National Congress (ANC) will have 7 seats on proportional
system, which are distributed as follows: first President of Armenia
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Stepan Demirchyan, Aram Sargsyan, Aram Manukyan,
Levon Zurabyan, Lyudmila Sargsyan, and Nikol Pashinyan.
ARF Dashnaktsutyun and Orinats Yerkir will have 6 seats each. ARFD
proportional list head Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armen Rustamyan, Artyush
Shahbazyan, Aghvan Vardanyan and Artsvik Minasyan, while Orinats
Yerkir will be presented by Arthur Baghdasaryan, Heghine Bisharyan,
Armen Yeritsyan, Sergo Karapetyan and Khachik Harutyunyan. The two
parties have one MP candidate elected on majoritarian system.
Regarding heritage, it will have 5 mandates, being presented by
Raffi Hovannisyan, Khachatur Kokobelyan, Zaruhi Postanjyan, Alexander
Arzumanyan and Ruben Hakobyan.
The new parliament will also have two independent MPs including Edmon
Marukyan and Marina Marabyan.
Armenia's Central Electoral Commission has issued the preliminary
results of Sunday's parliamentary elections.
The figures are as follows: Republican Party of Armenia - 44.05%
(663,066 votes), Prosperous Armenia Party - 30.20% (454,684 votes),
Armenian National Congress - 7.10% (106,910 votes), Heritage Party
- 5.79% (87,095 votes), ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party - 5.73% (86, 296
votes), Orinats Yerkir Party - 5.49% (82,690 votes), Communist Party
of Armenia - 1.06% (15,933 votes), Democratic Party of Armenia - 0.37%
(5,633 votes), United Armenians Party - 0.20% (3, 080 votes).
For entering the 131-seat National Assembly (Parliament), the parties
must poll over 5% of votes, while blocs - over 7%.
news.am
May 07, 2012 | 19:54
YEREVAN. - Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) received 44.05 percent
due to parliamentary elections held on May 6. It will receive 40
seats out of 90 on proportional system and will also have 29 MPs on
majoritarian system. RPA proportional list heads President of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan, followed by former parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan
and PM Tigran Sargsyan.
Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) will have 36 seats, including 28 on
proportional and 8 on majoritarianvote. The top of the list includes
Gagik Tsarukyan, former FM Vartan Oskanian and Minister of Urban
Development Vardan Vardanyan.
Armenian National Congress (ANC) will have 7 seats on proportional
system, which are distributed as follows: first President of Armenia
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Stepan Demirchyan, Aram Sargsyan, Aram Manukyan,
Levon Zurabyan, Lyudmila Sargsyan, and Nikol Pashinyan.
ARF Dashnaktsutyun and Orinats Yerkir will have 6 seats each. ARFD
proportional list head Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armen Rustamyan, Artyush
Shahbazyan, Aghvan Vardanyan and Artsvik Minasyan, while Orinats
Yerkir will be presented by Arthur Baghdasaryan, Heghine Bisharyan,
Armen Yeritsyan, Sergo Karapetyan and Khachik Harutyunyan. The two
parties have one MP candidate elected on majoritarian system.
Regarding heritage, it will have 5 mandates, being presented by
Raffi Hovannisyan, Khachatur Kokobelyan, Zaruhi Postanjyan, Alexander
Arzumanyan and Ruben Hakobyan.
The new parliament will also have two independent MPs including Edmon
Marukyan and Marina Marabyan.
Armenia's Central Electoral Commission has issued the preliminary
results of Sunday's parliamentary elections.
The figures are as follows: Republican Party of Armenia - 44.05%
(663,066 votes), Prosperous Armenia Party - 30.20% (454,684 votes),
Armenian National Congress - 7.10% (106,910 votes), Heritage Party
- 5.79% (87,095 votes), ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party - 5.73% (86, 296
votes), Orinats Yerkir Party - 5.49% (82,690 votes), Communist Party
of Armenia - 1.06% (15,933 votes), Democratic Party of Armenia - 0.37%
(5,633 votes), United Armenians Party - 0.20% (3, 080 votes).
For entering the 131-seat National Assembly (Parliament), the parties
must poll over 5% of votes, while blocs - over 7%.