Politics of Artsakh

Politics of Artsakh takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Artsakh is the head of state and the head of government, and of a multi-party system; as of 2009, American-based non-governmental organisation Freedom House ranks the Artsakh above both Armenia and Azerbaijan in terms of political and civil rights.[1][2][3] Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the Government and the National Assembly. The republic is de facto independent and de jure a part of Azerbaijan. None of the elections in Artsakh are recognised by international bodies such as the OSCE Minsk Group, the European Union and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, as well as numerous individual countries, such as Azerbaijan and Turkey, who also condemned and called them a source of increased tensions.[4][5][6]

Political System of Artsakh
Արցախի հանրապետության պետական համակարգ
Coat of arms of Artsakh
Polity typeUnitary presidential republic
ConstitutionConstitution of Artsakh
Legislative branch
NameNational Assembly
TypeUnicameral
Presiding officerAshot Ghulian, President of the National Assembly
Executive branch
Head of State and Government
TitlePresident
CurrentlyArayik Harutyunyan
Cabinet
Current cabinetSecond Harutyunyan government
Ministries15
Judicial branch
NameJudiciary of Artsakh
Republic of Artsakh
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Executive branch
Main office holders
Office Name Party Since
President Arayik Harutyunyan Free Motherland 21 May 2020

The President is directly elected for a five-year term, by popular vote.

Current government
Main article: Second Harutyunyan government

Legislative branch
The Artsakh Presidential Palace

The National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov) has 33 members elected for a five-year term by Party-list proportional representation. Artsakh has a multi-party system, with numerous political parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Latest elections
Main article: 2020 Artsakhian general election

Presidential election
Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Arayik HarutyunyanFree Motherland - UCA Alliance36,07649.1739,86088.01
Masis MayilyanIndependent19,36026.395,42811.99
Vitaly BalasanyanJustice10,85514.79
David IshkhanyanArmenian Revolutionary Federation1,8732.55
Ashot GhulianDemocratic Party of Artsakh1,6832.29
Hayk KhanumyanNational Revival9621.31
Vahan BadasyanUnited Armenia Party7431.01
David BabayanArtsakh Conservative Party5870.80
Ruslan IsraelyanGeneration of Independence Party3710.51
Christine BalayanIndependent2020.28
Ashot DadayanIndependent1980.27
Bella LalayanIndependent1620.22
Sergey AmiryanIndependent1600.22
Melsik PoghosyanIndependent1410.19
Invalid/blank votes2,622–1,876–
Total75,99510047,164100
Registered voters/turnout104,86672.47104,77745.01
Source: CEC, CEC

Parliamentary election
Party / Alliance Votes % Seats +/–
Free Motherland - UCA Alliance30,01540.8016+1
United Motherland17,68324.049New
Justice5,8677.983New
Armenian Revolutionary Federation4,7586.473–4
Democratic Party of Artsakh4,3145.862–4
New Artsakh Alliance3,3854.600New
National Revival2,1752.9600
Artsakh Conservative Party2,1562.930New
Artsakh Revolutionary Party1,3251.800New
United Armenia Party9301.260New
Generation of Independence Party5510.750New
Communist Party of Artsakh4020.5500
Invalid/blank votes2,419–––
Total75,980100330
Registered voters/turnout104,86672.45––
Source: CEC, Armenanews

See also

References
  1. freedomhouse.org: Map of Freedom in the World, Freedom House, 2009
  2. freedomhouse.org: Map of Freedom in the World, Freedom House, 2009
  3. freedomhouse.org: Map of Freedom in the World, Freedom House, 2009
  4. "EU does not recognize 'elections' in Nagorno Karabakh". News.Az. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  5. Mustafa Pazarlı. "US will not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh's elections". Videonews.us. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  6. Mushvig Mehdiyev. "OIC condemns "elections" in Nagorno-Karabakh as illegal". AzerNews.az. Retrieved 7 June 2016.


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