People's Party of Armenia | |
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| Abbreviation | PPA |
| Leader | Stepan Demirchyan |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Yerevan |
| Ideology | Socialism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-left toleft-wing |
| National Assembly | 0 / 107 |
ThePeople's Party of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի Ժողովրդական Կուսակցություն,Hayastani Zhoghovrdakan Kusaktsutyun) is asocialist[1]political party inArmenia.
The party nominatedKaren Demirchyan as their presidential candidate in the1998 Armenian presidential election. Demirchyan came in second place, winning 40.1% of the vote.
Prior to the1999 Armenian parliamentary election, the People's Party of Armenia formed apolitical alliance with theRepublican Party of Armenia, known as the "Unity Bloc". The alliance won 41.4% of the popular vote, winning 62 seats in theNational Assembly.
The party decided to participate as part of theJustice coalition in the2003 Armenian parliamentary election. After the election, the Justice coalition won 13.6% of the popular vote and 14 out of 131 seats. It became the second largest group within the National Assembly. Its presidential candidate,Stepan Demirchyan (son of Karen Demirchyan), won 28.03% of the popular vote in the first voting round of the2003 Armenian presidential election, but lost the presidential election after the second voting round.
The party ran independently in the2007 Armenian parliamentary elections and received 1.68% of the popular vote, however it did not win any seats.
Some party members participated in the2012 Armenian parliamentary elections under theArmenian National Congress electoral list.[2]
Before the2017 Armenian parliamentary election, the party formed a political alliance with the Armenian National Congress. However, the alliance received just 3.72% of the vote and failed to gain any seats.
The party decided not to participate in the2018 Armenian parliamentary election.[3] Demirchyan congratulated winnerNikol Pashinyan following the elections.[4]
Prior to the 2007 election, the party shifted its support from beingPro-Russian to Pro-European. Demirchian stated that, “Armenia has to take the road ofEuropean integration", effectively changing the parties preference fromRussia and theCIS towardsEurope andthe West.[5]
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