1995 Armenian parliamentary election

1995 Armenian parliamentary election

5 July 1995

All 190 seats in the National Assembly 96 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats Republic Bloc 43.9 88 Shamiram 17.4 8 Communist Sergey Badalyan 12.4 10 NDU 7.7 5 UNSD 5.7 3 Ramgavar 2.6 1 ARF – 1 Independents – – 72 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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

Results

Party		Proportional			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Republic Bloc	329,000	43.9	20			68	88	New
	Shamiram	130,252	17.4	8			0	8	New
	Armenian Communist Party	93,353	12.4	6			4	10	–126
	National Democratic Union	57,996	7.7	3			2	5	New
	Union for National Self-Determination	42,987	5.7	3			0	3	New
	Ramgavar	19,437	2.6	0			1	1	New
	Will and Dashnaksutiun	15,424	2.1	0			0	0	New
	Armenian Agrarian Democratic Party	13,784	1.8	0			0	0	New
	Armenian Democratic Party	13,784	1.8	0			0	0	New
	Mission	10,428	1.6	0			0	0	New
	Armenian Scientific-Industrial Civil Union	9,940	1.3	0			0	0	New
	Nation State	8,397	1.1	0			0	0	New
	People's Party	6,706	0.9	0			0	0	New
	Armenian Revolutionary Federation						1	1	New
	Independents						72	72	+13
None of the above								–	–
Vacant							2	2	–
Total				40			150	190	–69
Valid votes		771,830	65.21
Invalid/blank votes		411,743	34.79
Total votes		1,183,573	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,178,699	54.32
Source: Nohlen et al.