At stake in this election:

• 131 seats in the National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Robert KOCHARIAN
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Serzh SARKISIAN **
• Assembly: Armenia has a unicameral National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov) with 131 seats.

** Serzh SARKISIAN was named Armenia's new Prime Minister on April 4, 2007 following the sudden death of former Prime Minister Andranik MARGARYAN.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament.
• In the National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov), 90 members are elected through a closed-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.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Republican Party of Armenia
  • Leader: Serzh SARKISIAN
  • Seats won in this election: 41
  • Seats won in last election: 31
• Party: Prosperous Armenia Party
  • Leader: Gagik TSARUKIAN
  • Seats won in this election: 18
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun
  • Leader: Hrant MARKARYAN
  • Seats won in this election: 16
  • Seats won in last election: 11
• Party: Country of Laws (Orinats Erkir) Party
  • Leader: Artur BAGHDASARIAN
  • Seats won in this election: 8
  • Seats won in last election: 19
• Party: National Unity Party
  • Leader: Artashes GEGHAMYAN
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 9
• Party: United Labor Party
  • Leader: Gurgen ARSENYAN
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 6
• Party: Republic Party of Armenia
  • Leader: Aram SARGSYAN
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Armenian Communist Party
  • Leader: Ruben TOVMASSYAN
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: National Democratic Party
  • Leader: Shavarsh KOCHARIAN
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Heritage Party
  • Leader: Raffi HOVANNISIAN
  • Seats won in this election: 7
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Impeachment Alliance
  • Leader: Petros MAKEYAN and Mikayel HAYRAPETYAN
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: People's Party of Armenia
  • Leader: Stepan DEMIRCHYAN
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: People's Party
  • Leader: Tigran Karapetyan
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 0

Last Parliamentary election:

• The last parliamentary election was held on May 25, 2003.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 2,976,372 (July 2006 est.)
• Registered Voters: 2,317,810 ( 2007 est.)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 1,479,740 (2007)

·         Is Armenia a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Armenia ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (13 September 1993)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 12 (2007)

·         Human Development Index Position: 85 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Armenia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Armenia ratified CRPD: Yes (22 September 2010)

·         Population with a disability: 446,455 (est.)