2015 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election
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All 33 seats in the National Assembly
17 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % 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.
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Arayik Harutyunyan
Free Motherland		 Arayik Harutyunyan
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Parliamentary elections were held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on 3 May 2015.[1]

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.[2]

Conduct

More than 100 representatives from 30 countries observed the elections.[3]

Results

PartyProportionalConstituencyTotal
seats		+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Free Motherland32,63247.3511415+1
Democratic Party of Artsakh13,10519.024260
Armenian Revolutionary Federation12,96518.81437+1
Movement 884,7786.93202New
National Revival3,7095.38101New
Communist Party of Artsakh1,1361.650000
Peace and Development5910.860000
Independents22–5
Total68,916100.002211330
Valid votes68,91695.3265,59993.94
Invalid/blank votes3,3804.684,2326.06
Total votes72,296100.0069,831100.00
Registered voters/turnout102,04270.8598,92070.59
Source: CEC, CEC, Caucasian Knot

Reactions

Azerbaijan, the European Union, the United States and Turkey all said that they did not recognise the elections.[4][1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b West and Azerbaijan denounce Nagorno-Karabakh ‘elections’ EurActive, 4 May 2015
  2. ^ "Karabakh holds disputed elections". BBC Online. 19 June 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Election season for the civil society in the unrecognised republics of Caucasus". fpc.org.uk. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. ^ Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry: so-called elections in Nagorno-Karabakh can’t have any legal status AzerTag, 5 May 2015
  5. ^ Turkey says May 3 elections in Nagorno-Karabakh violate int’l law Archived 3 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Today's Zaman, 1 May 2015


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