2015 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election

2015 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election

3 May 2015

All 33 seats in the National Assembly 17 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Free Motherland Arayik Harutyunyan 47.35 15 +1 Democratic Party Ashot Ghulian 19.02 6 0 ARF Artur Aghabekyan 18.81 7 +1 Movement 88 Vitaly Balasanyan 6.93 2 New National Revival Hayk Khanumyan 5.38 1 New Independents – – 2 −5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Elected Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan Free Motherland Arayik Harutyunyan Free Motherland

Parliamentary elections were held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on 3 May 2015.

Background

Nagorno-Karabakh declared its independence from Azerbaijan in 1991. The First Nagorno-Karabakh War took place between 1988 and 1994 which resulted in Nagorno-Karabakh, with Armenian support, becoming de facto independent from Azerbaijan. However it has not been internationally recognised and Azerbaijan still claims the area as part of its state.

Conduct

More than 100 representatives from 30 countries observed the elections.

Results

Party		Proportional			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Free Motherland	32,632	47.35	11			4	15	+1
	Democratic Party of Artsakh	13,105	19.02	4			2	6	0
	Armenian Revolutionary Federation	12,965	18.81	4			3	7	+1
	Movement 88	4,778	6.93	2			0	2	New
	National Revival	3,709	5.38	1			0	1	New
	Communist Party of Artsakh	1,136	1.65	0			0	0	0
	Peace and Development	591	0.86	0			0	0	0
	Independents						2	2	–5
Total		68,916	100.00	22			11	33	0
Valid votes		68,916	95.32		65,599	93.94
Invalid/blank votes		3,380	4.68		4,232	6.06
Total votes		72,296	100.00		69,831	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		102,042	70.85		98,920	70.59
Source: CEC, CEC, Caucasian Knot

Reactions

Azerbaijan, the European Union, the United States and Turkey all said that they did not recognise the elections.