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Upcoming Elections

  • Parliamentary
    2012
  • Presidential
    February 2013

Armenia
  • Armenia
  • Republic of Armenia
  • Region: Europe

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Serzh SARGSYAN
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Tigran SARKISYAN
  • Assembly: Armenia has a unicameral National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov) with 131 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
  • In the National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov), 90 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms and 41 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.

Population:

  • Population: 3,229,900 (January 2008 est.)

Future elections

  • Presidential - February 2013
  • Parliamentary - 2012

Past elections

Last Updated on 02/04/2010

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