Snap parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 9 December 2018, as none of the parties in the National Assembly were able to put forward and then elect a candidate for Prime Minister in the two-week period following Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation on 16 October 2018.

It was the first general election since the Velvet Revolution in April-May 2018, and the country’s first ever snap parliamentary elections.

A total of 2,573,779 voters were registered to take part in the election.

Sources and further reading:

Polls close in Armenia’s early parliamentary election

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/armenia-votes-early-parliamentary-election-181209053054687.html

Armenia election: PM Nikol Pashinyan wins by landslide

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46502681

Armenia election: Who is Nikol Pashinyan?

https://www.euronews.com/2018/12/09/armenia-election-who-is-nikol-pashinyan-and-what-s-at-stake-in-the-vote

Armenia’s ‘Velvet Revolution’: A masterclass in socialism

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/armenia-velvet-revolution-masterclass-socialism-180507093619273.html