2008 Armenian presidential election

2008 Armenian presidential election
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Nominee Serzh Sargsyan Levon Ter-Petrosyan
Party Republican Independent
Popular vote 862,369 351,222
Percentage 52.82% 21.51%
 
Nominee Artur Baghdasaryan Vahan Hovhannisyan
Party Orinats Yerkir ARF
Popular vote 272,427 100,966
Percentage 16.89% 6.18%
President before election

Robert Kocharyan
Independent

Elected President

Serzh Sargsyan
Republican

Presidential elections were held in Armenia on 19 February 2008. Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan was elected in the first round according to official results, but this was disputed by former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who was officially placed second.

The candidacy of Sargsyan was backed by incumbent President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan,[1] who was ineligible to stand for a third consecutive term.[2] Other candidates included Vahan Hovhannisyan, the Vice President of the National Assembly, representing the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.[3][4] The largest opposition party, Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law), nominated former parliamentary speaker Artur Baghdasarian as its candidate.[5]

  1. ^ "Robert Kocharyan to Support Serzh Sargsyan". www.panorama.am. 14 September 2007. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Chapter 3: The President of the Republic". Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Levon Ter-Petrossian". www.levonpresident.am. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  4. ^ LLC, Helix Consulting. "NA VICE CHAIRMAN A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT". www.panorama.am. Archived from the original on 1 December 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
  5. ^ "Armenian Ex-Speaker Joins Presidential Race". «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2018.