Only 10% women MP’s to take place in the Parliament

According to the May 6th Parliamentary Election results only 14 women (10%) are enrolled in the fifth convocation of the National Assembly of Armenia, which means that it has been supplemented by two persons compared to the fourth convocation.

Please note that during the previous elections when 15 percent quota was mandated only 12 women (9,1%) were elected under Proportional and none under Majoritarian system. If we consider the fact that during these elections two women were elected under Majoritarian system, it is obvious, that the political parties recorded no progress, moreover, they disqualified and depreciated the mandated 20 percent quotes stipulated by the Electoral Code.

It’s also worth mentioning, that in average 22.8% women were involved in the parties’ pre-electoral lists.

Out of 69 parliamentarians from the “Republican Party of Armenia” (RPA) 9 are women, which constitutes 13% (in the RPA pre-electoral lists women constituted 21.3%)

1. Hermine Naghdalyan, Member of RA National Parliament since the previous convocation, Chairman of the RPA Women’s Council, Member of RPA Executive Body, PhD in Economic Sciences

2. Shushan Petrosyan, Soloist of Armenian State Philharmonia, Honored Artist of Armenia, RPA member

3. Karine Atshemyan, Member of RA National Parliament since the previous convocation, Member of RPA

4. Rusanna Muradyan, Principal of Yerevan School # 43, Member of RPA

5. Margarit Yesayan, columnist at Aravot daily newspaper, RPA member

6. Naira Karapetyan, PR manager of the Secretariat of the National Road Safety Council of the Republic of Armenia, Member of United Liberal National Party (MIAK)

7. Arpine Hovhannisyan, lecturer at the chair of Civil Law, PHD in Law, RPA member

8. Karine Poghosyan, #17 electoral constituency, Artashat # 1 school director, RPA member

9. Marine Marabyan, #40 electoral constituency, «International Masis Tobacco» LTD Executive Director

Out of 37 parliamentarians from “Prosperous Armenia” party parliamentarians 2 are women, which is 5,4% (in the pre-electoral lists women constituted 21.8%).

10. Naira Zohrabyan, Member of RA National Parliament since the previous convocation

11. Elinar Vardnayan, Advocate of the Chamber of Advocates of the RA, Lawyer at “First Mortgage Company”

Out of 7 parliamentarians from the Armenian National Congress faction 1 is a women, which constitutes14% (in the pre-electoral lists women constituted 20.3%):

12. Lyudmila Sargsyan, Chairperson of the Social-Democrat Hnchakyan Party (SDHK)

Out of 6 parliamentarians from Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party 1 is a women, which constitutes16% (in the pre-electoral lists women constituted 20,2%).

13. Heghine Bisharyan, “Orinats Yerkir” deputy president, Member of RA National Parliament since the previous convocation, Leader of “Orinats Yerkir” Faction

Out of 5 parliamentarians from Zharangutyun (Heritage) party 1 is a woman, which constitutes 20% (in the pre-electoral lists women constituted 24.6%).

14. Zaruhi Postanjyan, Member of RA National Parliamentarian starting the previous convocation,

Out of 5 parliamentarians from Armenian Revolutionary Federation none is a woman, (in the pre-electoral lists women constituted 32%).

After comparing the composition of the fourth and fifth convocation it is obvious that the RPA has obviously increased the number of women in its delegation – 3.1 percent is amplified by 13 percent.

“Prosperous Armenia” party decreased the number of women from 12 to 5 percent in comparison with the previous convocation. Meantime, for the current convocation the party supplemented the number of its parliamentarians by 12 people, yet the number of women has been decreased.

In regard to women representation Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Heritage Parties recorded a notable regress, since during the fourth convocation women represnetation by the parties was 18.7 and 42.8 percent accordingly. During the current Parliament the Armenian Revolutionary Federation will have 0% and Heritage Part 24.6% women parliamentarians.

Orinats Yerkir Party registered no progress and preserved the single female representation in the Parliament.

It is also notable, that 2/3 of elected parliamentarian women is a new person to the Parliament, since out of 14 women only five are from the previous convocation.