| 2,968,609 | 17 |
Population (as of July 1, 2021) |
Elections in our database |
| 2,595,334 | 59.77% |
Registered Voters (as of July 1, 2021) |
Average Turnout |
Republic of Armenia
| Name | Official Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian National Assembly | Azgayin Zhoghov | Assembly |
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Armen SARKISSIAN (since 9 April 2018)
- Head of Government: Deputy Prime Ministers: Mher GRIGORYAN and Tigran AVINYAN*
- Assembly: Armenia has a unicameral National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov) with 131 seats.
*Prime Minister seat currently vacant because Nikol Pashinyan resigned 25 April 2021, thus triggering a snap parliamentary election on 20 June 2021
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
- The Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament.
- In the National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov), 90 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms and 41 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.
- There is a five percent threshold for the party-list tier.
Elections
| Election For | Date | Votes | Registered Voters | Turn Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | 1998-03-16 | 1,456,109 | 2,300,816 | 63.29% |
| President | 1998-03-30 | 1,567,702 | 2,293,636 | 68.35% |
| Armenian National Assembly | 1999-05-30 | 1,137,133 | 2,198,544 | 51.72% |
| President | 2003-02-19 | 1,463,499 | 2,315,410 | 63.21% |
| President | 2003-03-05 | 1,563,071 | 2,331,507 | 67.04% |
| Armenian National Assembly | 2003-05-25 | 1,188,256 | 2,327,811 | 51.05% |
| Referendum | 2003-05-25 | 1,216,581 | 2,334,993 | 52.1% |
| Referendum | 2005-11-27 | 1,514,307 | 2,317,462 | 65.34% |
| Armenian National Assembly | 2007-05-12 | 1,375,733 | 2,317,810 | 59.35% |
| President | 2008-02-19 | 1,668,464 | 2,312,945 | 72.14% |
| Armenian National Assembly | 2012-05-06 | 1,572,858 | 2,522,906 | 62.34% |
| President | 2013-02-18 | 1,521,261 | 2,509,434 | 60.62% |
| Referendum | 2015-12-06 | 1,296,368 | 2,567,047 | 50.5% |
| Armenian National Assembly | 2017-04-02 | 1,574,947 | 2,588,590 | 60.84% |
| Armenian National Assembly | 2018-12-09 | 1,261,105 | 2,593,140 | 48.63% |
| Referendum | 2020-04-05 | - | - | - |
| Armenian National Assembly | 2021-06-20 | 1,281,375 | 2,595,334 | - |