2021 Armenian Parliamentary Elections

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Robert Kocharyan. Photo: Ani Avetisyan/OC Media.

Robert Kocharyan refuses to sit as MP in Armenia’s parliament

by Ani Avetisyan

•2 min read

Robert Kocharyan, leader of Armenia’s largest opposition coalition and the country’s second president, has announced that he will not sit as an MP in Armenia’s parliament. The leader of the Armenia Alliance wrote about his decision in a Facebook post on Monday, stressing that he had previously been a member of the parliaments of both Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia but ‘by virtue’ of his character he has ‘always been a person of executive power’. ‘By this step, I also express my consent with m

The Constitutional Court of Armenia. Photo: Ben Men Lyun/Wikimedia Commons.

2021 Armenian Parliamentary Elections

Armenian Constitutional Court dismisses appeals by Kocharyan upholding election results

by Ani Avetisyan

•3 min read

Armenia’s Constitutional court has denied the opposition’s request to annul the results of the 20 June snap parliamentary elections, following a week of deliberations. The results were challenged by the Armenia Alliance, led by former President Robert Kocharyan, the I’m Honoured bloc, led by former National Security Service chief Artur Vanetsyan, and two minor parties. In addition to requesting that the results be annulled, the four parties had also appealed for a recount of the number of se

Nikol Pashinyan brandishes a hammer before the election. He said the hammer represented his 'steel mandate'. Video still.

2021 Armenian Parliamentary Elections

Opposition officials hit by wave of resignations and arrests in Armenia

by Ani Avetisyan

•3 min read

Armenian authorities have reportedly forced officials with ties to the opposition, including village and city mayors, to resign. Some have also been criminally charged for violating electoral legislation during the snap parliamentary elections. Since acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s landslide election victory on 20 June, politicians and local government officials connected with the opposition Armenia Alliance coalition, headed by Armenia’s ex-President Robert Kocharyan, have been force

A polling station in Yerevan. Photo: Ani Avetisyan/OC Media.

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Armenia’s election — a view from Azerbaijan

by Ismi Aghayev

•7 min read

On 20 June, Armenians voted overwhelmingly to reelect Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party to power. OC Media spoke to several opposition and civil society figures in Azerbaijan to find out their perceptions of the elections in Armenia. At a press conference on Monday, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov responded to elections in neighbouring Armenia. ‘As it became known yesterday, early parliamentary elections were held in Armenia. A new government is expected to be formed’, he s

Nikol Pashinyan (left) and Robert Kocharyan (right). Photos: Ani Avetisyan/OC Media.

2021 Armenian Parliamentary Elections

Tensions between Pashinyan and Armenian opposition remain after election

by Ani Avetisyan

•3 min read

After the 20 June elections in Armenia, in which acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s party won a landslide with 54% of the vote, tensions with the opposition have continued to simmer — in one case, a pro-opposition village head was reportedly beaten. On 22 June, Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan reported that Arsen Titanyan, the mayor of Odzun, a large village in Armenia’s Lori Province, was beaten by a group of people demanding his resignation. Tatoyan stated that he would

2021 Armenian Parliamentary Elections

Nikol Pashinyan wins landslide in Armenia elections

by OC Media

•2 min read

With all of the votes counted, Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract Party received 54% of the vote, according to preliminary results. Its main contender, the Robert Kocharyan-led Armenia Alliance, ended up in a distant second with roughly 21% of the vote. According to OC Media’s projections, Pashinyan’s Party will maintain its two-thirds majority in the Armenian parliament with 71 out of 105 seats. The Armenia Alliance will receive 27 seats, and the I Have Honour coalition — despite not passing

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Live updates | Pashinyan hails ‘steel revolution’

by OC Media

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From the campaign: * Armenians prepare to go to the polls in historic election * Stunts and insults mark first week of campaigning in Armenia * Robert Kocharyan proposes Armenia ‘foreign agent’ law