Armenia court leaves Pashinyan’s contested election win intact
Armenia’s Constitutional Court rejected opposition parties’ attempt to invalidate the June 7 parliamentary election, leaving Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party with its governing majority. The ruling ends the legal challenge but leaves disputes over alleged vote-buying, arrests and legitimacy unresolved.
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A final ruling for a disputed vote
Armenia’s Constitutional Court rejected a lawsuit by opposition parties seeking to invalidate the results of the June 7 parliamentary election, keeping the Central Election Commission’s Resolution No. 259-A in force.news The ruling, announced by court chairman Arman Dilanyan, is final and cannot be appealed.news It preserves the outcome that gives Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party a governing majority after a campaign shadowed by fraud allegations, arrests and claims of outside pressure.abcnews
The case was brought by seven political forces, including the Strong Armenia and Armenia alliances, Prosperous Armenia, Wings of Unity, Democracy, Law and Discipline, For the Republic, and New Force, though New Force later withdrew from the proceedings.news Hearings began on June 26 and ran for six consecutive days before the judges moved to deliberations on July 1.news
The mandate math now holds
Civil Contract won 49.7% of the vote, enough to form the next government, while Strong Armenia finished second with 23.3%.abcnews +1 Armenpress reported that the new parliament will give Civil Contract 64 seats, Strong Armenia 29 and Armenia Alliance 12.armenpress
Opposition applicants had asked for different remedies. Strong Armenia sought either annulment of the results or a second round of voting, while Prosperous Armenia argued that vote-counting issues and invalidated polling-station results affected whether it cleared the threshold to enter parliament.abcnews +1 The Constitutional Court also reviewed confidential information related to votes cast by military personnel and others on special voter lists during a closed session.news
Legitimacy questions remain on the table
The opposition’s challenge unfolded amid criminal cases and arrests involving several opposition figures. ABC reported after the vote that Strong Armenia leader Samvel Karapetyan was under house arrest on charges of advocating the government’s overthrow, and that other opposition candidates and figures faced detention or house arrest in vote-buying-related cases.abcnews
Election observers described a mixed picture: voters had a genuine choice, but the campaign was highly confrontational and marred by allegations that created a perception of selective justice.abcnews Devdiscourse, citing agency reporting, said international observers also noted allegations of vote-buying and other violations while finding that voting proceeded smoothly in most polling sites.devdiscourse
The decision closes the legal path for overturning the certified result, but not the political dispute over how the election was conducted. JAMnews quoted analyst Yuriy Avagyan as saying Armenia had avoided an acute post-election political crisis while still facing a “crisis of legitimacy” tied to alleged vote-buying probes and invalidated polling-station results.jam-news
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