REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF MARCH 1998 ========================================================= Source: IFES website Parties --------------------------------------------------------- * AZM (Azgayin Zhoghovrdavarakan Miutyun) National Democratic Union of Armenia * HKK (Hayastani Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun) Communist Party of Armenia * IM (Inqnoroshum Miavorum) Self-Determination * M (Misanutiun) Unity NATIONAL SUMMARY, FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS ========================================================= First round 16 March 1998, second round 30 March 1988 Voters: 2,276,033 first round, 2,293,504 second round --------------------------------------------------------- Candidate First Round Second Round --------------------------------------------------------- Sergey Badalyan (HKK) 154,421 11.0 Ashot Bleyan 1,562 00.1 Karen Demirchyan 429,623 30.6 616,330 40.5 Artashes Geghamyan 6,283 00.4 Paruyr Hayrikyan (IM) 75,704 05.4 Hrant Khachatryan 2,937 00.2 Vigen Khachatryan 4,012 00.3 Robert KOCHARYAN (M) 544,390 38.8 905,476 59.5 Vazgen Manukyan (AZM) 172,631 12.3 Yuri Mkrtchyan 2,512 00.2 Aram Sargsyan 2,732 00.2 David Shahnazaryan 6,884 00.5 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,403,691 1,521,806 --------------------------------------------------------- Demirchyan ran as a non-party candidate, but is a former First Secretary of the Armenian Communist Party. VOTES BY REGION, FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS ========================================================= ARAGATSOTN (93,800, 94,958) ========================================================= Candidate First Round Second Round --------------------------------------------------------- Sergey Badalyan (HKK) 8,610 13.8 Ashot Bleyan 72 00.1 Karen Demirchyan 18,372 29.5 28,558 44.6 Artashes Geghamyan 269 00.4 Paruyr Hayrikyan (IM) 2,566 04.1 Hrant Khachatryan 65 00.1 Vigen Khachatryan 93 00.1 Robert Kocharyan (M) 25,353 40.7 35,410 55.4 Vazgen Manukyan (AZM) 6,376 10.2 Yuri Mkrtchyan 112 00.2 Aram Sargsyan 91 00.1 David Shahnazaryan 243 00.4 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,222 63,968 --------------------------------------------------------- ARARAT (179,322, 182,192) ========================================================= Candidate First Round Second Round --------------------------------------------------------- Sergey Badalyan (HKK) 18,830 16.0 Ashot Bleyan 114 00.1 Karen Demirchyan 16,935 14.4 30,976 22.7 Artashes Geghamyan 343 00.3 Paruyr Hayrikyan (IM) 5,413 04.6 Hrant Khachatryan 495 00.4 Vigen Khachatryan 215 00.2 Robert Kocharyan (M) 53,485 45.5 105,560 77.3 Vazgen Manukyan (AZM) 20,592 17.5 Yuri Mkrtchyan 210 00.2 Aram Sargsyan 225 00.2 David Shahnazaryan 744 00.6 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 117,601 136,536 --------------------------------------------------------- ARMAVIR (188,742, 189,623) ========================================================= Candidate First Round Second Round --------------------------------------------------------- Sergey Badalyan (HKK) 25,684 21.9 Ashot Bleyan 138 00.1 Karen Demirchyan 26,456 22.6 54,703 44.3 Artashes Geghamyan 409 00.3 Paruyr Hayrikyan (IM) 7,702 06.6 Hrant Khachatryan 173 00.1 Vigen Khachatryan 240 00.2 Robert Kocharyan (M) 40,059 34.2 68,882 55.7 Vazgen Manukyan (AZM) 15,440 13.2 Yuri Mkrtchyan 252 00.2 Aram Sargsyan 227 00.2 David Shahnazaryan 443 00.4 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 117,223 123,585 --------------------------------------------------------- GEGHARKUNIK (161,523, 163,523) ========================================================= Candidate First Round Second Round --------------------------------------------------------- Sergey Badalyan (HKK) 16,027 16.5 Ashot Bleyan 151 00.1 Karen Demirchyan 29,219 30.1 43,210 39.3 Artashes Geghamyan 341 00.3 Paruyr Hayrikyan (IM) 4,381 04.5 Hrant Khachatryan 120 00.1 Vigen Khachatryan 205 00.2 Robert Kocharyan (M) 36,333 37.4 67,803 60.7 Vazgen Manukyan (AZM) 9,627 09.9 Yuri Mkrtchyan 159 00.2 Aram Sargsyan 156 00.2 David Shahnazaryan 310 00.3 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 97,029 110,013 --------------------------------------------------------- KOTAYK (195,819, 198,919) ========================================================= Candidate First Round Second Round --------------------------------------------------------- Sergey Badalyan (HKK) 18,542 15.2 Ashot Bleyan 127 00.1 Karen Demirchyan 34,148 28.0 57,053 43.3 Artashes Geghamyan 355 00.3 Paruyr Hayrikyan (IM) 5,643 04.6 Hrant Khachatryan 199 00.2 Vigen Khachatryan 180 00.1 Robert Kocharyan (M) 48,968 40.1 74,787 56.7 Vazgen Manukyan (AZM) 12,803 10.5 Yuri Mkrtchyan 174 00.1 Aram Sargsyan 222 00.2 David Shahnazaryan 658 00.5 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 122,019 131,840 --------------------------------------------------------- LORI (222,753, 229,167) ========================================================= Candidate First Round Second Round --------------------------------------------------------- Sergey Badalyan (HKK) 15,965 12.2 Ashot Bleyan 160 00.1 Karen Demirchyan 46,064 35.3 64,298 45.0 Artashes Geghamyan 536 00.4 Paruyr Hayrikyan (IM) 10,785 08.3 Hrant Khachatryan 266 00.2 Vigen Khachatryan 334 00.2 Robert Kocharyan (M) 48,042 36.8 78,455 55.0 Vazgen Manukyan (AZM) 7,305 05.6 Yuri Mkrtchyan 211 00.2 Aram Sargsyan 244 00.2 David Shahnazaryan 434 00.3 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 130,346 142,753 --------------------------------------------------------- SHIRAK (203,490, 208,085) ========================================================= Candidate First Round Second Round --------------------------------------------------------- Sergey Badalyan (HKK) 18,296 15.8 Ashot Bleyan 133 00.1 Karen Demirchyan 31,843 27.5 55,316 44.3 Artashes Geghamyan 450 00.4 Paruyr Hayrikyan (IM) 8,317 07.2 Hrant Khachatryan 165 00.1 Vigen Khachatryan 704 00.6 Robert Kocharyan (M) 39,655 34.3 69,538 55.7 Vazgen Manukyan (AZM) 15,382 13.3 Yuri Mkrtchyan 239 00.2 Aram Sargsyan 155 00.1 David Shahnazaryan 379 00.3 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 115,718 124,854 --------------------------------------------------------- SYUNIK (119,046, 109,237) ========================================================= The second-round figures for this region appear to be incomplete --------------------------------------------------------- Candidate First Round Second Round --------------------------------------------------------- Sergey Badalyan (HKK) 8,529 09.5 Ashot Bleyan 82 00.1 Karen Demirchyan 15,322 17.0 22,387 26.9 Artashes Geghamyan 194 00.2 Paruyr Hayrikyan (IM) 2,092 02.3 Hrant Khachatryan 100 00.1 Vigen Khachatryan 155 00.2 Robert Kocharyan (M) 49,510 55.0 60,696 73.1 Vazgen Manukyan (AZM) 13,409 14.9 Yuri Mkrtchyan 193 00.2 Aram Sargsyan 230 00.2 David Shahnazaryan 215 00.2 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 90,031 83,083 --------------------------------------------------------- TAVUSH (97,581, 98,344) ========================================================= Candidate First Round Second Round --------------------------------------------------------- Sergey Badalyan (HKK) 4,616 06.7 Ashot Bleyan 49 00.1 Karen Demirchyan 27,568 39.9 32,242 43.2 Artashes Geghamyan 230 00.3 Paruyr Hayrikyan (IM) 3,593 05.2 Hrant Khachatryan 117 00.2 Vigen Khachatryan 828 01.2 Robert Kocharyan (M) 26,774 38.7 42,458 56.8 Vazgen Manukyan (AZM) 4,730 06.8 Yuri Mkrtchyan 133 00.2 Aram Sargsyan 133 00.2 David Shahnazaryan 341 00.5 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 69,112 74,700 --------------------------------------------------------- VAYOTS DZOR (40,260, 40,806) ========================================================= Candidate First Round Second Round --------------------------------------------------------- Sergey Badalyan (HKK) 3,702 12.9 Ashot Bleyan 34 00.1 Karen Demirchyan 6,249 21.7 9,611 31.5 Artashes Geghamyan 122 00.4 Paruyr Hayrikyan (IM) 1,401 04.9 Hrant Khachatryan 16 00.1 Vigen Khachatryan 64 00.2 Robert Kocharyan (M) 13,030 45.3 20,932 68.5 Vazgen Manukyan (AZM) 3,935 13.7 Yuri Mkrtchyan 63 00.2 Aram Sargsyan 57 00.2 David Shahnazaryan 82 02.8 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,755 30,543 --------------------------------------------------------- YEREVAN (761,076, 759,617) ========================================================= Candidate First Round Second Round --------------------------------------------------------- Sergey Badalyan (HKK) 15,562 03.5 Ashot Bleyan 496 00.1 Karen Demirchyan 174,137 38.9 213,976 43.6 Artashes Geghamyan 3,000 00.7 Paruyr Hayrikyan (IM) 23,738 05.3 Hrant Khachatryan 1,209 00.3 Vigen Khachatryan 975 00.2 Robert Kocharyan (M) 160,834 35.8 276,595 56.4 Vazgen Manukyan (AZM) 62,690 14.0 Yuri Mkrtchyan 761 00.2 Aram Sargsyan 952 00.2 David Shahnazaryan 2,980 00.7 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 447,334 490,571 --------------------------------------------------------- ARMENIANS ABROAD (12,621, 19,033) ========================================================= Candidate First Round Second Round --------------------------------------------------------- Sergey Badalyan (HKK) 58 00.9 Ashot Bleyan 6 00.1 Karen Demirchyan 3,310 52.5 4,000 47.8 Artashes Geghamyan 34 00.5 Paruyr Hayrikyan (IM) 73 01.1 Hrant Khachatryan 12 00.2 Vigen Khachatryan 19 00.3 Robert Kocharyan (M) 2,347 37.2 4,360 52.2 Vazgen Manukyan (AZM) 342 05.4 Yuri Mkrtchyan 5 00.1 Aram Sargsyan 40 00.6 David Shahnazaryan 55 00.9 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,301 8,360 ---------------------------------------------------------