Election of Deputies to the National Assembly

CHAPTER 1, GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. The principles of the election of the deputies

to the National Assembly and its composition

The deputies to the National Assembly are elected in a secret ballot by the citizens of the Republic of Armenia entitled to vote, based on the free implementation of the right for general equal direct elections.
The National Assembly comprises 190 deputies.

Members of the government can not be elected to the National Assembly. Judges, employees of the Prosecution Office and the State Directorate of National Security, servicemen of the Interior Ministry and the Armed Forces cannot be deputies or be nominated for election.

Article 2. The electoral system

The elections to the National Assembly are carried out based on the majoritarian and proportional representation systems.

150 deputies of the National Assembly are elected by the majoritarian system, one National Assembly deputy from each voting district.
40 deputies of the National Assembly are elected by the proportional representation system in a single multiballot district comprising the whole territory of the republic from among deputy candidates nominated through lists.

Article 3. The right to votem

The citizens of the Republic of Armenia who became 18 years of age prior to the day of the elections and have resided in the Republic of Armenia for at least one year prior to the day of the elections have the right to vote.

The citizens of the Republic of Armenia who became 25 years of age prior to the day of the elections and have permanently resided in the Republic of Armenia for at least three years prior to the day of the elections have the right to be elected.

Persons recognized as incompetent by a court of law, citizens in confinement by a legal court verdict and citizens wanted in a criminal investigation do not take part in the elections. Neither do persons detained under criminal charges, who were denied registration by a decision of the Central electoral committee or the Supreme Court in the manner prescribed by this law.

Each elector has a right of one vote in a single ballot district and a right of one vote in the multiballot district comprising the whole territory of the republic.

Each citizen entitled to be elected can run in only one majoritarian district and only one list.

Any restriction of the right of the citizens of the Republic of Armenia to vote is forbidden, except in cases provided by law.

Article 4. The right to nominate candidates for deputies to the National Assembly

The right to nominate candidates for deputies to the National Assembly belongs to the voters in constituent districts and to public-political organizations or coalitions of these registered prior to the nomination-submitting deadline defined by this law.

Each public-political organization or a coalition of them has the right to propose only one list of candidates for deputies to the National Assembly.

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