At stake in this election:

• 131 seats in the National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Robert KOCHARIAN
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Armen ANDARBINYAN
• Assembly: Armenia has a unicameral National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov) with 131 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
• In the National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov), 75 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms and 56 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Alliance: Unity Alliance
  • Leader: Karen DEMIRCHIAN, Vazgen SARKISIAN
  • Seats won in this election: 62
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Communist Party (HKK)
  • Leader: Sergey BADALYAN
  • Seats won in this election: 10
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Alliance: Right and Unity
  • Leader: Artashes GEGHAMIAN
  • Seats won in this election: 7
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Armenian Revolutionary Federation (HHD)
  • Leader: Hrair KARAPETYAN, Vahan HOVHANNISSIAN
  • Seats won in this election: 8
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Country of Law / Orinats Yerkir
  • Leader: Arthur BAGHDASARIAN
  • Seats won in this election: 6
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: National Democratic Union (AZhM)
  • Leader: Vazgen MANUKIAN
  • Seats won in this election: 6
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Other parties and non-affiliated candidates
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 32
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

Last Parliamentary election:

• Elections to the National Assembly were last held on July 5 and 29, 1995.
  190 seats were decided on in the 1995 election.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 3,421,775 (July 1998 est.)
• Registered Voters: 2,198,544 ( 1999 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 1,643,136 (1999)

·         Is Armenia a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Armenia ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (13 September 1993)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 4 (1999)

·         Human Development Index Position: 85 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Armenia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Armenia ratified CRPD: Yes (22 September 2010)

·         Population with a disability: 513,266 (est.)