People's Party of Armenia

The People's Party of Armenia (in Armenian: Հայաստանի Ժողովրդական Կուսակցություն, Hayastani Zhoghovrdakan Kusaktsutyun) is a socialist[1] political party in Armenia.

Not to be confused with People's Party (Armenia).
People's Party of Armenia
LeaderStepan Demirchyan
Founded1998
HeadquartersYerevan
IdeologySocialism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionLeft-wing

History

At the 2003 Armenian parliamentary election, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote however they did not receive any seats in the National Assembly. Its Presidential Candidate, Stepan Demirchyan, won 27.4% of the popular vote in the first voting round. Following the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections, the party received 1.68% of the popular vote, however it did not win any seats.

Before the 2017 Armenian parliamentary election, the party formed a political alliance with the Armenian National Congress. However, the alliance received just 3.72% of the vote and failed to gain any seats.

The party decided not to participate in the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election.[2] Demirchyan congratulated winner Nikol Pashinyan following the elections.[3]

Ideology

Prior to the 2007 election, the party shifted its manifesto from being Pro-Russian to Pro-European. Demirchian stated that, “Armenia has to take the road of European integration", effectively changing the parties preference from the CIS towards Europe and the West.[4]

gollark: It's my scroll goals to have cool-looking things, and while I *kind of* like lots of them, I don't really bother to gather them.
gollark: I can do... precisely none of that, due to not actually having half those breeds as CBs.
gollark: I bet you can split the breeding across multiple people on here pretty well.
gollark: _also wants it now_
gollark: Well, this is very annoying. I think my sunrise/set is going to be at 4d juuuust outside of the time when it's allowed to hatch.

See also

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2007). "Armenia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
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