Renewed Communist Party of Armenia (in Armenian

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: Hayastani Noratsvats Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun) was a political party

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 in Armenia

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. HNKK was formed on May 25, 2002, by former Armenian Communist Party

Armenian Communist Party

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 (HKK) leaders Yuri Manukian and Grant Voskanyan who had been expelled from HKK the previous year on the grounds that they had advocated cooperation with the government. Manukian became the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the party.

HNKK published Khosq Bazmatc.

HNKK supported Robert Kocharyan in the 2003 presidential elections.

In the May 2003 parliamentary elections HNKK launched 40 candidates. The party got 6200 votes (0.53%). The electoral slogan of the party was "Motherland. Work. Socialism.".

On July 7 the same year, HNKK merged into the United Communist Party of Armenia

United Communist Party of Armenia

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List of candidates in the 2003 parliamentary election

1. Manukyan Yura
2. Voskanyan Hrant
3. Melik-Ohanjanyan Yuri
4. Hayrapetyan Volodya
5. Gevorgyan Nelli
6. Mazmanyan Levon
7. Baroyan Vladimir
8. Stepanyan Herbert
9. Sahakyan Hayk
10. Razgoeva Svetlana
11. Hovhannisyan Samvel
12. Tovmasyan Eduard
13. Mikoyan Artavazd
14. Kharbutyan Galust
15. Khachatryan Gagik
16. Hovsepyan Armen
17. Chagharyan Samvel
18. Papyan Levon
19. Gevorgyan Andranik
20. Hambardzumyan Arshak
21. Hovakimyan Irina
22. Mkrtchyan Ruben
23. Chakhalyan Arsen
24. Stepanyan Minas
25. Ohanjanyan Razmik
26. Amiryan Ashot
27. Petrosyan Lyova
28. Sahakyan Seryoja
29. Movsisyan Sergey
30. Manukyan Jora
31. Ghazaryan Arman
32. Hakobyan Tsoghik
33. Harutyunyan Henrik
34. Lalayan Kamo
35. Israyelyan Rima
36. Jajoyan Senjik
37. Kharatyan Tamara
38. Ajamoghyan Vrej
39. Alexsanyan Karen
40. Avagyan Vladik