2005 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election - Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]

==Electoral system==

==Electoral system==

185 candidates from 7 parties, together with some [[Independent (politician)|independents]], stood in the parliamentary elections.<ref name=voters>{{cite web| url = http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1059362.html | title = Voters Go To Polls In Nagorno-Karabakh | accessdate = 2009-03-08 | date = 2005-06-20 | publisher = [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]}}</ref> They were competing for 33 seats in the [[National Assembly of Nagorno-Karabakh|National Assembly]], with two-thirds of the seats elected directly and a further third elected on a [[Proportional representation|proportional basis]].<ref name=voters/> There was a requirement for turnout to exceed 25% in order for the election to be valid and the elected members would serve a five-year term.<ref name=disputed/>

The 33 seats in the [[National Assembly of Nagorno-Karabakh|National Assembly]] consisted of 22 seats elected in single-member constituencies by [[first-past-the-post voting]] and 11 elected by [[proportional representation]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://ca-c.org/index.php/cac/article/view/877/790|title=Parliamentary elections in Nagorno-Karabakh: Legal and political aspects|author=David Babian|journal=Central Asia and the Caucasus|year=2005|number=5(35)}}</ref> There was a requirement for turnout to exceed 25% in order for the election to be valid and the elected members would serve a five-year term.<ref name=disputed/>

==Campaign==

==Campaign==

185 candidates from 7 parties, together with some [[Independent (politician)|independents]], contested the elections.<ref name=voters>{{cite web| url = http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1059362.html | title = Voters Go To Polls In Nagorno-Karabakh | accessdate = 2009-03-08 | date = 2005-06-20 | publisher = [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]}}</ref>

The election was not recognised internationally and so the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE) did not send any [[Election monitoring|election monitors]]. However about a hundred [[Non-governmental organization|non-governmental]] observers did come to monitor the election, along with a group of deputies from the [[Russia]]n [[State Duma]].<ref name=trigger/> The election was regarded as illegitimate by Azerbaijan and their ally [[Turkey]].<ref name=disputed/> Azerbaijan said that the election was illegal until Azerbaijanis were allowed to return and that it would undermine their OSCE talks with Armenia over the area.<ref name=criticizes>{{cite web| url = http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1059371.html | title = Opposition Criticizes Vote In Nagorno-Karabakh | accessdate = 2009-03-08 | date = 2005-06-20 | publisher = [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]}}</ref> President Ghukasyan, though, said that the election would boost the international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh and promised that the election would be honest and transparent.<ref name=disputed/>

The election was not recognised internationally and so the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE) did not send any [[Election monitoring|election monitors]]. However about a hundred [[Non-governmental organization|non-governmental]] observers did come to monitor the election, along with a group of deputies from the [[Russia]]n [[State Duma]].<ref name=trigger/> The election was regarded as illegitimate by Azerbaijan and their ally [[Turkey]].<ref name=disputed/> Azerbaijan said that the election was illegal until Azerbaijanis were allowed to return and that it would undermine their OSCE talks with Armenia over the area.<ref name=criticizes>{{cite web| url = http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1059371.html | title = Opposition Criticizes Vote In Nagorno-Karabakh | accessdate = 2009-03-08 | date = 2005-06-20 | publisher = [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]}}</ref> President Ghukasyan, though, said that the election would boost the international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh and promised that the election would be honest and transparent.<ref name=disputed/>