Most of the international observers who monitored the 6 May Parliamentary elections in Armenia decided in their preliminary findings to focus on the bright side of the process, although the more serious ones also highlighted serious problems and shortcomings. Their reports paint a confused picture which reflects a flawed, but improved electoral process, and which […]
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A vibrant campaign adds credibility to Sunday’s elections in Armenia.
May 4, 2012 
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Armenia’s 2012 Parliamentary elections campaign is drawing to a close with political parties holding their last rallies and meetings with voters. This has been on the whole a vibrant election campaign with all the main parties working hard to get their message across to voters. In the eighth part of its series of briefings on […]
Read more Thousands of international and domestic observers will monitor elections in Armenia. Is it enough?
May 1, 2012 1 Comment
As Armenians make their way to cast their votes in what has been described as perhaps the most important election in the history of modern Armenia they will be watched by 647 international and 31,451 domestic observers, who have been accredited by the country’s Central Election Commission, and who will observe polling at all the […]
Read more There are 2,482,238 voters in Armenia, or are there?
April 27, 2012 6 Comments
The Armenian Police have published the number of voters on the electoral roll for the 6 May Parliamentary elections. According to the figures released to the media on 25 April there are 2,482.238 voters on the list, and eligible to vote. Some are questioning if this is right. In the sixth part of its series of […]
Read more 2012 Armenian Parliamentary Elections: (4) Smaller parties may have important role if they can pass 5% threshhold
April 21, 2012 7 Comments
Five parties that are not part of either the governing coalition, or of the ANC opposition bloc, are also contesting the May 6 Armenian Parliamentary Elections. They need to pass the 5% threshold to secure seats in parliament. The Dashnak ARF and Heritage were represented in the previous parliament and constituted the parliamentary opposition. They both hope to […]
Read more 2012 Parliamentary Elections in Armenia: (3) The choice – Levon Ter-Petrosyan hopes his four year struggle will bear results
April 16, 2012 8 Comments
For the last four years, Armenia’s first President, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, has led a political struggle against the current Armenian authorities, based on his challenge of the result of the 2008 Presidential election in which, according to the official result, he lost to the current incumbent Serzh Sargsyan. Ter-Petrosyan has never accepted the result and has repeatedly called for […]
Read more 2012 Armenian Parliamentary Elections: (2) The Choice – The parties of the governing coalition.
April 14, 2012 10 Comments
The coalition that has backed Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan government in the last four years has very often looked tired, divided and without vision, and the 6 May parliamentary elections will provide a test to all its three components, one of which may not make it back to the parliament at all. But the coalition’s first test […]
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