1919 Armenian parliamentary election

1919 Armenian parliamentary election
First Republic of Armenia
21–23 June 1919
All 80 seats in the National Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71%
Party Leader % Seats
ARF Avetik Sahakyan 88.95 72
Esers Arsham Khondkaryan 5.12 4
Muslim Non-Party Group Asad Bey Aghabababeyov 3.54 3
AGM Artashes Melkonyan 1.63 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Elected Prime Minister
Alexander Khatisian
ARF		 Alexander Khatisian
ARF
A ballot of Muslim Non-Party Group in three languages
A ballot of Muslim Non-Party Group in three languages[1]

Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia between 21 and 23 June 1919. The electoral system used was party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method in one national district.[2] The result was a landslide victory for the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) which won 72 of the 80 seats. However, the elections were boycotted by the Hunchaks and Populists.[3] Voter turnout was 71%.[4] The first republic ended with the Soviet takeover the following year, and multi-party elections were not held again until 1995.

The ARF originally won 73 seats, but one seat was apparently assigned later to the Muslim faction, reducing the party's seat total to 72.[5]

  1. ^ Yalanuzyan, Mikael (28 May 2021). "The 1919 National Elections". EVN Report.
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p329 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  3. ^ "A.R.F. - History". Lemagan.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  4. ^ Nohlen et al., p333
  5. ^ Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971–1996). The Republic of Armenia. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-520-01805-2. OCLC 238471.