Amsterdam: To say Armenia elections `falsified` understatement

ArmInfo.To say the elections in Armenia were "falsified" is an understatement. This is the opinion expressed by Robert Amsterdam, an international human rights activist and Canadian lawyer at the law firm Amsterdam & Partners.

"The vote count was conducted using dubious mechanisms, the army was  directly involved, and my confidant Samvel Karapetyan, barred from  campaigning, was locked in his own home. But I am more than shocked  by the West's reaction. Macron, von der Leyen, and Trump rushed to  praise the unbalanced dictator Pashinyan. It is already becoming  clear that the West does not care about the fate of the Armenian  people; their goal was only to strike a blow against Russia. Now they  are turning a blind eye to this blatant overthrow of democracy for  the sake of their own geopolitical interests," Amsterdam wrote on his  Facebook page.

"We will not allow this to go unpunished. While Armenia's esteemed  legal experts work overtime to bring accountability for this massive  attack, we will do everything possible to investigate the possibility  that the US, EU, or other parties are responsible for conducting such  rigged elections," he concluded. As a reminder, regular parliamentary  elections were held in Armenia on June 7, 2026. On June 14, Central  Election Commission Chairman Vahagn Hovakimyan presented the final  results of the parliamentary elections. According to him, the Civil  Contract Party won seats in the Armenian parliament with 49.7456% of  the vote, Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia bloc won 23.2710%, and  second president Robert Kocharyan's Armenia bloc won 9.9231%. Gagik  Tsarukyan's Prosperous Armenia Party failed to pass the 4%  parliamentary threshold following a recount, receiving only 3.9893%.

Tsarukyan's party failed to pass the threshold after the Central  Election Commission annulled the results of three polling stations  where Tsarukyan's party received more than 200 votes. Thus, according  to Hovakimyan, the mandates were distributed as follows: Pashinyan's  party received 64 mandates, securing a constitutional majority of 3/5  in parliament. Karpetyan's bloc received 29 mandates, and Kocharyan's  bloc received 12 mandates. Thus, the Civil Contract party has a 3/5  majority, which allows it to pass constitutional laws and make  appointments, but it lacks the 2/3 majority necessary to directly  amend the Armenian Constitution.