National Assembly Ազգային ժողով Azgayin Zhoghov | |
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7th convocation of the National Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | November 28, 1991 |
Disbanded | January 1, 2024 |
Leadership | |
Vice-President | |
Structure | |
Seats | 33 |
Political groups |
Government (16)
Government support (8)
Opposition (9) |
Elections | |
Party-list proportional representation | |
Last election | 31 March 2020 |
Meeting place | |
2, 20 February st., Stepanakert | |
Website | |
http://www.nankr.am/en |
The National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh ( Armenian: Արցախի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, romanized: Artsakhi Hanrapetut'yan Azgayin zhoghov; often shortened: Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ, Azgayin zhoghov, AZh) was the legislative branch of the government of the former Republic of Artsakh.
Plans were in place to move the National Assembly from Stepanakert to Shusha on 9 May 2022 to mark the 30th anniversary of the capture of Shusha, [2] [3] but the city came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Following an Azerbaijani offensive on 19 September 2023, Artsakh agreed to dissolve itself by 1 January 2024, as de jure. [4]
In early March 2024, Azerbaijani authorities demolished the National Assembly of Artsakh building. [5] [6]
The constitution of Artsakh, amended in 2017, stated that all members to National Assembly shall be elected for a five-year term through a proportional electoral system. The National Assembly had to be composed of no less than 27 and no more than 33 MPs. The number of the MPs had to be defined by the Electoral Code. [7]
Prior to the passing of the 2017 constitutional referendum, the National Assembly had 33 members, 22 of whom (17 before 2015) were elected using party-list proportional representation, and the rest elected in single seat constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Free Motherland - UCA Alliance | 30,015 | 40.80 | 16 | +1 | |
United Motherland | 17,683 | 24.04 | 9 | New | |
Justice | 5,867 | 7.98 | 3 | New | |
Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 4,758 | 6.47 | 3 | –4 | |
Democratic Party of Artsakh | 4,314 | 5.86 | 2 | –4 | |
New Artsakh Alliance | 3,385 | 4.60 | 0 | New | |
National Revival | 2,175 | 2.96 | 0 | 0 | |
Artsakh Conservative Party | 2,156 | 2.93 | 0 | New | |
Artsakh Revolutionary Party | 1,325 | 1.80 | 0 | New | |
United Armenia Party | 930 | 1.26 | 0 | New | |
Generation of Independence Party | 551 | 0.75 | 0 | New | |
Communist Party of Artsakh | 402 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 73,561 | 100.00 | 33 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 73,561 | 96.82 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,419 | 3.18 | |||
Total votes | 75,980 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 104,866 | 72.45 | |||
Source: CEC, Armenanews |
The National Assembly had 7 standing committees: