At stake in this election:

• 131 seats in the National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov)

Description of government structure:

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

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.***

*** There is a five percent threshold for the party-list tier.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Republican Party of Armenia / Հայաստանի Հանրապետական Կուսակցություն, Hayastani Hanrapetakan Kusaktsutyun (HHK)
  • Leader: Serzh SARKISIAN
  • Seats won in last election: 64
• Party: Prosperous Armenia Party / Բարգավաճ Հայաստան Կուսակցություն, Bargavadj Hayastan Kusaktsutyun (BHK)
  • Leader: Gagik TSARUKIAN
  • Seats won in last election: 18
• Party: Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun / Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն, ՀՅԴ Hay Heghapokhagan Tashnagtsutiun, (HYD)
  • Leader: Vahan HOVHANNISYAN
  • Seats won in last election: 16
• Party: Rule of Law / Օրինաց երկիր, Orinats Erkir (OEK)
  • Leader: Arthur BAGHDASARIAN
  • Seats won in last election: 9
• Party: Heritage / Ժառանգություն, Zharangutyun
  • Seats won in last election: 7
• Alliance: Armenian National Congress (ANC) / Հայ Ազգային Կոնգրես, Hay Azgayin Kongres (ՀԱԿ HAK)
  • Leader: N/A

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 2,970,495 (July 2012 est.)
• Registered Voters: 2,522,906 (May 2012 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 1,498,376 (2012)

·         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: 14 (2012)

·         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: 445,574 (est.)