Mother Armenia party claims violations and repression at Armenia  parliamentary elections 

ArmInfo.The parliamentary elections of June 7, 2026, took place amid widespread violations of the law, repression, violence, violations of all possible and impossible legal and moral norms by the person holding the post of  prime minister, public threats, arrests, and persecution of the  opposition. This is stated in a statement by the Mother Armenia  party.

The political party emphasized that all of this is also confirmed by  the statement of OSCE observers, who recorded instances of  fabricated, politically motivated, and illegal cases against  opposition figures, which resulted in an unequal playing field.  Mother Armenia noted that the same observers' statement stated that  numerous and varied criminal cases were opened against opposition  figures and their supporters during the election campaign, which led  to a significant decline in the activity of the opposition sector of  society and created an unequal playing field for the election  campaign.

"These elections were unprecedented in the degree of involvement of  external forces, including foreign intelligence services. These  forces openly and directly supported the authorities, drawing Armenia  into a maelstrom of geopolitical conflicts.

The Mother Armenia Party fully agrees with the assessments of  international observers, as just two weeks before the elections, a  fabricated criminal case was brought against Mother Armenia Party  Chairman Andranik Tevanyan with the aim of disrupting his election  campaign and isolating one of the main ideological and political  opponents of the current government. Tevanyan is second on the  Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) electoral list. With this move, the  government also hindered the PAP election campaign. Furthermore,  fabricated charges were brought against four members of the PAP  electoral list," the political party added.

Mother Armenia expressed confidence that a similar management style  was applied to other opposition members as well. As a result, the  arrest of hundreds of opposition activists before and on election day  significantly reduced the opposition sector's activity, virtually  eliminating a level playing field between the ruling government and  opposition political groups.

"We note that all of the aforementioned comments impacted the outcome  of the elections and cannot be considered legitimate: fair, free, and  competitive. We call on all public and political figures to provide a  political assessment of the elections and the current situation and  take joint steps to establish legitimacy in Armenia," Mother Armenia  concluded.

As a reminder, parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on June  7, 2026. Voter turnout was 58.97%.  According to preliminary data  from Armenia's Central Election Commission, Nikol Pashinyan's ruling  Civil Contract party, Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia bloc, and  second president Robert Kocharyan's Armenia bloc have all entered  parliament. The remaining candidates scored below the required  threshold of 4% for parties and 8-10% for blocs. Notably, businessman  Gagik Tsarukyan's Prosperous Armenia party lost its 4% threshold  after the Central Election Commission adjusted the preliminary vote  counts for the June 7 parliamentary elections. Therefore, the party  will not be included in the new parliament.

It should be noted that from early morning on election day, observers  and journalists reported numerous violations by the ruling party  during the voting process. Thus, Pashinyan's party has the  opportunity to single-handedly form the country's government by  securing a majority of seats in Armenia's parliament.  This was  announced solemnly by Pashinyan himself, late at night, when data  from only about 10% of polling stations had been processed.