Armenian Communist Party
Armenian Communist Party Հայաստանի կոմունիստական կուսակցություն | |
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IMCWP[7] | |
Continental affiliation | UCP–CPSU |
Colors | Red |
Seats in National Assembly | 0 / 107 |
Party flag | |
Website | |
https://komunist.am/ | |
The Armenian Communist Party (Armenian: Հայաստանի կոմունիստական կուսակցություն, ՀԿԿ; Hayastani Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun, HKK) is a communist party in Armenia. It considers itself the successor to the Armenian branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It is the main communist party in Armenia and claimed 18,000 (mostly elderly) members in 2006.[2] HKK publishes Hayastani Komunist and Pravda Armenii.
It should not be confused with the historical
Leaders
The title of the party leader is First Secretary.
- 1991–1999: Sergey Badalyan
- 2000–2005: Vladimir Darbinyan
- 2005–2013: Ruben Tovmasyan
- 2013–: Tachat Sargsyan
Ideology
The party was described as "staunchly pro-
In 2001, the party and several thousand supporters advocated Armenia's membership into the Union State of Russia and Belarus.[11] They continued the campaign for Armenia's membership into the union with Russia and Belarus in 2002.[12] The party supported the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)[13] and in 2013 welcomed Armenia's accession into the EEU as a "prelude to the restoration of the Soviet Union."[14]
The party opposes any further European integration of Armenia.[6]
The party's programme in 1999 included:[15]
- Armenia's transformation into a parliamentary republic
- Rejection of Western-style market reforms
- Socialism which embraces a mixed economy, including private property
- Close ties with Russia
- Nagorno-Karabakh's recognition as a subject of international law
- Armenia's accession to the Union State (the party did not explicitly call for the recreation of the USSR)
The party supported the
Support base and election results
The party remained a significant political force in the 1990s under its charismatic leader Sergey Badalyan, who died in 1999.[14] The party's 1994 May Day rally attracted some 10,000 to 60,000 supporters.[8]
While it received only 12.4% of the vote in the July 1995 election, opinion polls both before and after the vote showed significantly more public support for the party. In a November 1994 poll, 40.1% of respondents backed the party and 37.6% did in a November 1995 poll.[18]
The party has contested in every parliamentary election, but has failed to pass the 5% threshold since 2003. In 2003, the party accused the government of "mass falsifications."[19] The party boycotted the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Year | Votes | % | Total seats | +/– | Position |
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1995 | 93,353 | 12.4% | 10 / 190
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New | 3rd |
1999 | 130,161 | 12% | 10 / 131
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2nd | |
2003 | 24.991 | 2.1% | 0 / 131
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10 | 11th |
2007 | 8,792 | 0.7% | 0 / 131
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14th | |
2012 | 15,899 | 1.45% | 0 / 131
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2017 | 11,745 | 0.75% | 0 / 105
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2018 | Boycott[20] | 0 / 132
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2021 | Boycott[21] | 0 / 107
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See also
- Communist Party of Artsakh brother party in Artsakh.
- Politics of Armenia
- Programs of political parties in Armenia
References
- ^ a b "Հայաստանի կոմունիստները համագումար են անում" (in Armenian). A1plus. 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ^ a b Gevorgyan, Siranouish; Grigoryan, Marianna (3 November 2006). "Red Remembrance: Bolshevik revolution anniversary kindles nostalgia for diehards". ArmeniaNow. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ "Reviving Red?: Armenian Communists mark Sovietization anniversary amid USSR reintegration calls". ArmeniaNow. 1999-11-30. Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ a b Zakarian, Armen (14 October 2002). "Russian Communists To 'Help Ease Anti-Armenian Tensions'". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Darpinian, who is the first secretary of the staunchly pro-Russian Armenian Communist Party (HKK)...
- ^ "Armenia communists hold rally outside Russia embassy (PHOTOS)". news.am. 25 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Armenia 2017: An introduction to the party-political landscape" (PDF). European Friends of Armenia. March 2017.
- ^ "Communist and Workers' Parties". Solidnet. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ ITAR-TASS): 60. 1 May 1994.
- ^ Khojoyan, Sara (30 November 2011). "Reviving Red?: Armenian Communists mark Sovietization anniversary amid USSR reintegration calls". ArmeniaNow.
- ^ Galoyan, Arman (4 May 2006). "Communists: against the U.S." 168.am. 168 hours. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- RFE/RL.
- RFE/RL.
- ^ "Armenia's decision to join Customs Union is revolutionary – Communist Party". news.am. 11 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Better Red Than Dead: Armenian, Russian Communists see EEU as their program". ArmeniaNow. 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Report on Armenia's Parliamentary Election May 30, 1999". Washington, D.C.: Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. 1 September 1999. p. 7. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05.
- ^ "Մենք "ո՛չ" ենք ասում ՆԱՏՕ-ին․ կոմունիստների ակցիան' ՌԴ դեսպանատան մոտ (տեսանյութ) [We say "no" to NATO ․ Communist action near the Russian Embassy (video)]" (in Armenian). A1plus. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Если бы выборы в Армении были честными? Альтернативный подсчет. 1990-е гг". kavkaz-uzel.eu (in Russian). Caucasian Knot. 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Если бы выборы в Армении были честными? Альтернативный подсчет. 1990-е гг". kavkaz-uzel.eu (in Russian). 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019.
- RFE/RL.
- ^ "Armenian communists boycott early elections". news.am. 14 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021.
- ^ "Կոչ ենք անում քաղաքական ուժերին իրենց շահերի համար ժողովրդին չտանել քաղաքացիական առճակատման. Կոմկուս". news.am (in Armenian). 16 June 2021.
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