Armenian presidential election, 1996
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Presidential elections were held in Armenia
on 29 September 1996. The result was a victory for Levon Ter-Petrossian
, who won 51.3% of the vote. Turnout was 60.3%.
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
on 29 September 1996. The result was a victory for Levon Ter-Petrossian
Levon Ter-Petrossian
Levon Ter-Petrossian , sometimes transliterated Levon Ter-Petrosyan or Ter-Petrosian , was the first President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998...
, who won 51.3% of the vote. Turnout was 60.3%.
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levon Ter-Petrossian Levon Ter-Petrossian Levon Ter-Petrossian , sometimes transliterated Levon Ter-Petrosyan or Ter-Petrosian , was the first President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998... |
Pan-Armenian National Movement Pan-Armenian National Movement The Pan-Armenian National Movement or Armenian Allnational Movement is a political party representing Armenian national movement in Armenia Presently without parliamentary representation.It was founded by Levon Ter-Petrossian in 1989 and became the ruling party when it swept the 1990 elections... |
646,888 | 51.3 |
| Vazgen Manukyan Vazgen Manukyan Vazgen Manukyan was Prime Minister of Armenia from 1990 to 1991. From 1992 to 1993 Manukyan was acting Minister of Defense.... |
National Democratic Union National Democratic Union (Armenia) The National Democratic Union is a political party in Armenia. Vazgen Manukyan is the chairman of the party.... |
516,129 | 41.0 |
| Sergej Badalyan | Armenian Communist Party Armenian Communist Party The Armenian Communist Party is a communist political party in Armenia.It considers itself the successor of the Communist Party of Armenia of the Soviet Union, since the former leadership of this party, headed by Aram Gasparovich Sarkisyan, dissolved it and established the Democratic Party of... |
79,347 | 6.3 |
| Ashot Manucharyan | Scientific-Industrial Civic Union | 7,529 | 0.6 |
| None of the above | 10,012 | 0.8 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 48,681 | ||
| Total | 1,308,548 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen et al | |||