1998 Armenian presidential election

1998 Armenian presidential election
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30 March 1998 (second round)		 2003 →
 
Nominee Robert Kocharyan Karen Demirchyan
Party Independent People's Party
Popular vote 908,613 618,764
Percentage 58.91% 40.12%
Kocharyan:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
President before election

Levon Ter-Petrosyan

 Elected President

Robert Kocharyan

Presidential elections were held in Armenia on 16 March 1998, with a second round on 30 March.[1] The result was a victory for independent candidate Robert Kocharyan, who won 58.9% of the vote in the second round. Turnout was 63.5% in the first round and 68.1% in the second.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p329 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p337