2003 Armenian parliamentary election

25 May 2003

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

Party Leader % Seats +/– Republican Andranik Margaryan 23.37 33 Justice Stepan Demirchyan 13.60 14 Orinats Yerkir Artur Baghdasaryan 12.33 19 +13 ARF Vahan Hovhannisyan 11.36 11 +3 National Unity Artashes Geghamyan 8.79 9 New United Labour Gurgen Arsenyan 5.63 6 New Hanrapetutyun Aram Sargsyan – 1 New AALP – 1 New Independents – – 37 +5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Appointed Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan Republican Andranik Margaryan Republican

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Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 25 May 2003. There were 56 constituency seats and 75 elected on a national basis using proportional representation.^[1] They saw the Republican Party of Armenia emerge as the largest party, with 33 of the 131 seats. However, the elections were strongly criticized by international election monitors, who cited widespread fraud and noted that they fell short of democratic standards.^[2]

Results

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