It finally became clear on Wednesday that the opposition will participate in the elections with nearly one and a half fragments without alliances. The proportional lists of some parties were announced. As of Wednesday, the Armenian National Movement (ANM) still hadn’t formed its list, promising to turn it in “on the deadline constituted by law”. The National Democratic Union will not participate in the elections at all, while the “Inheritance” political party was discussing the issue concerning its list until late in the evening. The following are the lists of ten candidates for each party in the proportional list:
Armenian Popular Party
1. Stepan Demirchyan
2. Albert Bazeyan
3. Grigor Harutyunyan
4. Stepan Zakaryan
5. Stepan Minasyan
6. Ruzan Khachatryan
7. Ruben Kandayan
8. Larisa Paremuzyan
9. Vardan Mkrtchyan
10. Artak Sarkisyan
“Republic” (nearly 80 names in the list)
1. Aram Z. Sargsyan
2. Smbat Ayvazyan
3. Suren Abrahamyan
4. Gegham Harutyunyan
5. Suren Surenyants
6. Artak Zeynalyan
7. Raffik Mkrtchyan
8. Hovik Arsenyan
9. Ara Ketikyan
10.Ruzanna Geghamyan
Democratic Way Party
1. Manuk Gasparyan
2. Arshak Sadoyan
3. Aghasi Arshakyan
4. Edward Aghajanov
The sequence is still undecided and that’s why leader of the party Manuk Gasparyan did not wish to continue the list.
“National Unity” (List consists of 72 members)
1. Artashes Geghamyan
2. Alexan Karapetyan
3. Koryun Arakelyan
4. Sarkis Muradkhanyan
5. Harutyun Muradyan (owner of “BAMO”)
6. Gagik Kostandyan
7. Gagik Tadevosyan
8. Anushavan Zakaryan
9. Lyova Galstyan (deputy leader of “Homeland and Honor” political party)
10.Inessa Adamyan
Pyschiatrist Alexander Melik-Pashyan is also in the “NU” list.
Armenian Democratic Party
This party’s list is going to consist of 35 people of which 30% are females. The sequence of the Armenian Democratic Party proportional list will be clear soon. Currently, there are only four names.
1. Aram G. Sarkisyan
2. Armen Hovsepyan (deputy leader of Armenian Democratic Party)
3. Karine Hakobyan
4. Vanya Mkhitaryan (member of the Armenian Communist Party)