Election news

At its June 14 extraordinary session, the RA Central Electoral Commission summarized the results of the regular NA elections and adopted the decision on election to the National Assembly and the allocation of mandates. The mandates were distributed as follows:

• Civil Contract Party — 64 mandates • Strong Armenia Alliance (Strong Armenia, New Era, United Armenians) — 29 mandates • Armenia Alliance (ARF Dashnaktsutyun, “Aram” / “Forward” center-right party) — 12 mandates

Total: 105 mandates.

At its June 14 extraordinary session — the 7th day after election day — the RA Central Electoral Commission drew up the protocol on the voting results, based on the precinct voting-result protocols, the recount results and the decisions it had adopted.

Total number of voters: 2,506,826. Total number of voting participants: 1,476,769. Invalid ballots: 16,210. Total inaccuracies: 4,331.

Votes received by the forces: • Civil Contract — 726,819 • Strong Armenia Alliance — 340,006 • Armenia Alliance — 144,983 • Prosperous Armenia — 58,287 • Wings of Unity — 33,537 • Gratitude Party of Armenia — 30,642 • Democracy, Law, Discipline — 25,758 • New Force Reformist — 25,551 • “Against Everyone” — 21,181 • Republic — 15,808 • Bright Armenia — 7,439 • For the Republic — Defenders Alliance — 6,754 • National Democratic Pole — 5,481 • Democratic Consolidation — 5,269 • Armenian National Congress — 3,143 • Christian-Democratic — 2,671 • Kochari National Rebirth and Awakening — 1,986 • Reformists Party — 1,425

The Central Electoral Commission summarized the recount results carried out by the territorial electoral commissions (ԸԸՀ). The voting results of 637 precincts were recounted.

• Civil Contract Party: 727,820 → 728,968 (+1,148) • Strong Armenia Alliance: 340,088 → 340,596 (+508) • Armenia Alliance: 145,113 → 145,330 (+217) • Prosperous Armenia Party: 58,378 → 58,525 (+147) • Wings of Unity Party: 33,644 → 33,588 (−56) • Gratitude Party of Armenia: 30,807 → 30,690 (−117) • Democracy, Law, Discipline Party: 26,567 → 25,748 (−819) • New Force Reformist Party: 25,624 → 25,603 (−21) • “Against Everyone” Democratic Party: 21,477 → 21,233 (−244) • Republic Party: 15,835 → 15,843 (+8) • Bright Armenia Party: 7,258 → 7,313 (+55) • For the Republic — Defenders Alliance: 6,750 → 6,768 (+18) • National Democratic Pole Pan-Armenian Party: 5,485 → 5,490 (+5) • Democratic Consolidation Party: 5,284 → 5,270 (−14) • Armenian National Congress Party: 3,206 → 3,159 (−47) • Christian-Democratic Party: 2,679 (unchanged) • Kochari National Rebirth and Awakening Party: 1,984 → 1,985 (+1) • Reformists Party: 1,456 → 1,445 (−11)

The total amount of inaccuracies increased by 230 (1,279 → 1,509). The number of invalid ballots decreased by 859 (17,097 → 16,238).

The No. 12 Territorial Electoral Commission invalidated the voting results of precinct 12/13 located within its service area. On election day, ballot No. 8 was missing at this precinct. Per the decision, the number of voting participants in precinct 12/13 — 809 — was recorded as the total amount of inaccuracies.

All other results in the precinct protocol, except the inaccuracy amount, were recorded as zero per the decision. The precinct’s materials were sent to the prosecutor’s office.

At its June 11 extraordinary session, the RA Central Electoral Commission addressed decisions N 8-A and N 10-A of the No. 10 and No. 35 territorial electoral commissions concerning violations recorded in the precinct commissions’ registers on election day.

The commission invalidated the voting results in precinct No. 10/51 (formed in the No. 10 territorial district) and precinct No. 35/65 (formed in the No. 35 territorial district).

It decided to record the number of voting participants — 1,287 in precinct 10/51 and 1,315 in precinct 35/65 — as the total amount of inaccuracies for those precincts. All other results (figures) in the precinct protocols, except the inaccuracy amounts, were recorded as 0 (zero).

The materials of precincts 10/51 and 35/65 were sent to the prosecutor’s office.

MPG’s (the GALLUP International Association member in Armenia) “Tars-Kapuyt” pre-election poll has been added to the polls section and the aggregated forecast. Fieldwork ran June 2–3 (CATI; sample 1,104; margin of error ±3%; commissioned by Aram Navasardyan), and the results were presented at a June 5 press conference (MPG director Aram Navasardyan).

Civil Contract 32.4%, Strong Armenia 16.4%, Armenia Alliance 15.2%, Prosperous Armenia 8.8%, Wings of Unity 6.2%. The source highlighted the combined total of the four opposition forces (Strong Armenia, Armenia, Prosperous Armenia, Wings of Unity) at 46.6%. Refused to answer 4.2%, hard to answer 2.1%.

[Ed.] The Civil Contract figure was obscured by a logo in the broadcast graphic and confirmed separately.

Two new pre-election polls, both with fieldwork ending May 31, have been added to the polls section and to the aggregated forecast.

• EVN Report / ArmES, Wave 4 (field: May 4–31; full sample 1,157; 1,095 answered the vote-intention question; margin of error ±2.9%). Civil Contract 36.3%, Strong Armenia 12.2%, Armenia Alliance 4.8%, Prosperous Armenia 3.1%. Refused to answer 26.2%, undecided 10.6%.

• CRRC-Armenia — “The June Socium” (field: May 29–31; CATI; sample 1,200; margin of error ±2.8%). Two universes are published: all participants (1,200) and those intending to vote (1,074). Among those intending to vote: Civil Contract 24.2%, Strong Armenia 5.3%, Armenia Alliance 2.3%. Refused to answer 42.7%, undecided 19.2%.

On May 25 the Central Electoral Commission received the decision of the board of the “ALLIANCE” Progressive Centrist Party stating that it withdraws from participation in the regular NA elections. The board’s decision was signed by the board members. Authorized representatives of the “ALLIANCE” Progressive Centrist Party also attended the CEC’s May 26 extraordinary session and confirmed that their political force’s permanent governing body had made such a decision.

The CEC voided the registration of the “ALLIANCE” Progressive Centrist Party. Accordingly, there will be no ballot number 13 in the June 7, 2026 regular RA NA elections.

At its May 22 extraordinary session, the RA Central Electoral Commission voided the registration of 7 parliamentary candidates. The withdrawal applications were submitted by 7 candidates on the electoral lists of the “AGAINST EVERYONE” DEMOCRATIC PARTY. The withdrawal applications were notarized.

Under the constitutional law “Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia,” candidates may submit a withdrawal application no later than 10 days before election day, until 18:00 (May 28). This deadline also applies to the withdrawal of parties/alliances running in the elections.

The candidates who withdrew are: Khalatyan Arpi (#15), Ghazaryan Tigran (#39), Ghazaryan Paruyr (#42), Ghazaryan Sona (#47), Grigoryan Lusine (#55), Ghazaryan Naira (#83), Baghdasaryan Gevorg (#87).

[Ed.] The move is planned by the party: in a statement released today, “Against Everyone” notes that its campaign plan was, if successful, to form a 100-day government, carry out the three promised changes, and hold snap elections; if that plan proved impossible, the party announced that rather than serving five years as opposition MPs on the votes of voters who voted against them, they would give up their mandates. Since mass resignation of mandates is a lengthy legal procedure, the party decided to secure it in advance by trimming the list to 25 candidates, so that if needed it can both carry out the planned changes and execute the promised mandate-resignation plan on schedule without delays.