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A serious election, in which voters have clear options
8 May 2026
This article is part of the "Armenia Season", featuring on commonspace.eu from 1 May -15 June 2026.
It was first published on Armenia Elections Monitor - a LINKS Europe initiative - on 8 May 2026. The registration process for parties and blocs participating in the elections has been completed. A total of 19 political forces—two blocs and 17 parties—will participate in the election race, which begins on May 8 and concludes on June 5. The electoral threshold is set at 4% for parties and 8% for blocs. Although the official campaign starts on May 8 according to electoral law, many parties de facto launched their campaigns long ago, at least since January of this year. The primary political struggle is unfolding between Nikol Pashinyan on one side and three pro-Russian forces—those of Karapetyan, Kocharyan, and Tsarukyan—on the other. Effectively, a bipolar model has emerged in Armenian domestic politics. (Read the full article by clicking on the image above.)
