42 OF TOTAL NUMBER OF CANDIDATES NOMINATYED BY MAJORITARIAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM ARE CURRENTLY DEPUTIES
Noyan Tapan
Mar 29 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 29, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the data that the
RA Central Electoral Commission (CEC) received from 41 electoral
districts, out of the 174 candidates for deputacy nominated by the
majoritarian electoral system for the parliamentary elections to be
held on May 12, 141 candidates presented the documents necessary for
registration by the specified date.
Out of these 141 candidates, 6 are women (about 4.3%). 51 candidates
were nominated on civil initiative, 90 – by parties, including 26
candidates from the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), 13 – from the
"Orinats Yerkir" Party, 13 – from the "Prosperous Armenia" Party, 8 –
"Alliance" and 5 – from the Youth Party of Armenia.
Bids for registration of the largest number of candidates – 7 – were
submitted to Yerevan’s electoral district No 4 and Aragatsotn marz’s
electoral district No 14. 1 candidate was nominated at each of the
following 5 electoral districts – No 7, 20, 27, 28 and 32. 4 of them
– nonpartisan Samvel Alexanian, RPA member Hrant Grigorian, chairman
of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party Gagik Tsarukian and member of the
same party Melik Manukian are deputies of the RA National Assembly
of the current convocation.
All in all, 42 current deputies have been nominated by the majoritarian
electoral system, including 19 from RPA, 4 from the "Orinats Yerkir"
Party, 2 from the "Democratic Way" Party, 2 from the "Prosperous
Armenia" Party, 1 from the ARF, 1 from People’s Party of Armenia,
and 13 – on civil initiative. Two deputies have been nominated at
each of 6 electoral districts.
Among 33 deputies who either did not submit the necessary documents
by the specified date or officially rejected thier candidacies are,
in particular, Arshak Sadoyan, member of the NA "Justice" faction,
Samvel Babayan, chairman of the "Alliance" Party, Tigran Urikhanian,
chairman of the Progrssive Party of Armenia, as well as 3 members
of the same party, Manvel Yeghiazarian, chairman of the "Arabo" NGO,
Rafik Gevorgian, chairman of the "Noah’s Dove" benevolent union.
The registration of candidates will take place from April 2 to April 7,
6 pm.