After processing protocols from all polling stations, the Central Electoral Commission of Armenia announced the final results of parliamentary elections: the ruling Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract party received approximately 50% of the vote.
This result means that Pashinyan retains control of parliament and can form a government independently — without coalition agreements that typically dilute responsibility for decisions.
What Stands Behind the Numbers
Fifty percent in a country that experienced military defeat in Karabakh in 2020, the loss of Karabakh itself in 2023, and mass exodus of the Armenian population from there — this is not a triumph, but rather a mandate to continue the course in the absence of a convincing alternative.
The opposition, a significant part of which appeals to pro-Russian revanchism or nostalgia for a "strong hand," failed to consolidate around a single program. Votes were scattered among several forces — none of them crossed the threshold sufficient for a real challenge.
Geopolitical Context Has Not Disappeared
Pashinyan consistently distances himself from Moscow: Armenia has frozen its participation in the CSTO, develops relations with the EU, and conducts negotiations on a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. These steps cost him part of his electorate, but voters apparently chose pragmatism over revenge.
An open question remains concrete: will a 50% mandate be enough to sign a peace treaty with Baku — a document that will de jure enshrine the loss of Karabakh and which part of Armenian society still considers unacceptable.
