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Artsakh Conservative Party

Political party in Artsakh

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Elections

The Artsakh Conservative Party (Armenian: Արցախի պահպանողական կուսակցություն, romanized: Artsakhi pahpanoghakan kusaktsutyun) is an Armenian political party in Artsakh.

History

The Artsakh Conservative Party was established on 26 February 2019.^[2] Its founder and current party leader is David Babayan.

On 5 February 2020, it was announced that Babayan would run for the presidency of Artsakh and that he would lead the party in the 2020 Artsakhian general election.^[3]^[4]

Ideology

The party maintains a centre-right political position and advocates for Artsakh’s sovereignty, maintaining a high level of security and strengthening democracy, social justice and environmental protection.^[5]^[6]

Electoral record

Following the 2020 election, the party gained just 2.87% of the votes after the first round of voting, failing to qualify for the second round. Furthermore, the party failed to gain any seats in the National Assembly. Currently, the party acts as an extra-parliamentary force.

References

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^ "New Conservative Party to be established in Artsakh". news.am.
^ "Artsakh's Conservative Party to run in parliamentary and presidential elections". news.am.
^ "Artsakh's brand new Conservative Party to run for parliament in 2020". armenpress.am.
^ "Our Campaigns - Political Party - Conservative Party of Artsakh (CPA)". www.ourcampaigns.com.
^ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Artsakh President's spokesperson Davit Babayan states about creation of new political force, participation in 2020 elections - aysor.am - Hot news from Armenia". www.aysor.am.