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Armenia is a unitary republic with a parliamentary form of government. In the Economist Democracy Index 2024, it received an overall score of 5.35/10 ("hybrid regime") and an 7.92/10 rating for electoral processes and pluralism.
The head of state is the president, but executive power rests in the cabinet headed by the prime minister. On the national level, only the unicameral parliament is elected directly, with the last direct presidential election held in 2013.
The minimum age for active suffrage (the right to vote) is 18 years. The conditions for passive suffrage (standing for election) are at least 25 years of age, citizenship, domestic residence, knowledge of the Armenian language, and not having any other citizenship. Voting is not mandatory, and there is no possibility of postal voting, foreign representation, online voting, or proxy voting. Citizens who do not have an official domestic address are not allowed to vote. Registration is automatic (passive) through the national population registration system.
National Assembly
National Assembly
The unicameral parliament (National Assembly) consists of at least 101 members, who are directly elected at least every 5 years in a complex majority-minority jackpot-type mixed, closed-list electoral system. The legal electoral threshold is 4% nationwide for single-party lists, 8% for two-party alliances, 9% for three-party alliances and 10% for joint lists of four-party and other alliances.
The system is based on proportional representation of seats using the simple quota and largest remainders method for the default 101 seats. If a list wins more than half of the votes (50%+), it is automatically entitled to an additional number of seats that guarantees 52% of the seats (previously: 54%). If any party wins more than two-thirds of the seats, the other parties that have entered the election receive an additional number of seats (proportionately) so that together they receive at least one-third of the seats. If no party has an absolute majority, there is a short period of time to form a governing coalition, otherwise a second round of elections will be held between the two lists with the most votes. The winning list in the second round is entitled to a number of additional seats that guarantee a 52% majority. In all cases, the additional seats are in addition to the 101 original mandates (and the 4 minority seats).
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This is the description of the electoral system of Armenia as of 26.05.2026 on Electoral Knowledgebase. Sources and further information on this topic:
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