1999 Armenian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 30 May 1999. There were 75 constituency seats and 56 elected on a national basis using proportional representation. The result was a victory for the Unity Bloc, which won 62 of the 131 seats.

1999 Armenian parliamentary election

30 May 1999

All 131 seats in the National Assembly 66 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Unity Bloc 41.45 62 +1 Communist Sergey Badalyan 12.04 10 0 Law and Unity 7.93 7 New ARF 7.79 8 +7 Orinats Yerkir Artur Baghdasaryan 5.25 6 New NDU 5.14 6 +1 Independents – 32 −40 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results

Party		Proportional			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Unity Bloc (HZK–HHK)	448,133	41.45	29			33	62	+61
	Armenian Communist Party	130,161	12.04	8			2	10	0
	Law and Unity Bloc	85,736	7.93	6			1	7	New
	Armenian Revolutionary Federation	84,232	7.79	5			3	8	+7
	Orinats Yerkir	56,807	5.25	4			2	6	New
	National Democratic Union	55,620	5.14	4			2	6	+1
	Dignified Future	35,190	3.25	0			0	0	New
	Union of Communist and Socialist Parties	26,823	2.48	0			0	0	New
	Mighty Fatherland	24,896	2.30	0			0	0	New
	Union for National Self-Determination	24,681	2.28	0			0	0	–3
	Motherland Bloc	13,293	1.23	0			0	0	New
	Pan-Armenian National Movement	12,540	1.16	0			0	0	–62
	Freedom Party	11,076	1.02	0			0	0	New
	Democratic Party	10,621	0.98	0			0	0	0
	Mission	8,122	0.75	0			0	0	0
	Armenian Democratic Liberal Party	7,374	0.68	0			0	0	–4
	Free Hayk Mission	6,526	0.60	0			0	0	New
	Nation State	5,785	0.54	0			0	0	0
	Youth Party of Armenia	5,675	0.52	0			0	0	New
	Bloc of Socialist Forces and Intellectuals	2,588	0.24	0			0	0	New
	Shamiram	2,053	0.19	0			0	0	–8
	Independents						32	32	–40
None of the above		23,314	2.16	–				–	–
Total		1,081,246	100.00	56			75	131	–59
Valid votes		1,081,246	95.09
Invalid/blank votes		55,887	4.91
Total votes		1,137,133	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,198,554	51.72
Source: IPU, Nohlen et al.