Country: | Armenia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2013 Yerevan City Council election |
Previous Year: | 2013 |
Next Election: | Yerevan City Council election, 2018 |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Seats For Election: | All 65 seats in Yerevan City Council |
Majority Seats: | 33 |
Turnout: | 40.98% |
Image1: | Taron Margaryan cropped.jpg |
Leader1: | Taron Margaryan |
Party1: | Republican Party of Armenia |
Last Election1: | 55.89%, 42 seats |
Seats Before1: | 42 |
Seats1: | 46 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 240,034 |
Percentage1: | 71.25% |
Mayor of Yerevan | |
Before Election: | Taron Margaryan |
Before Party: | Republican Party of Armenia |
After Party: | Republican Party of Armenia |
Leader2: | Nikol Pashinyan |
Party2: | Way Out Alliance |
Last Election2: | – |
Seats2: | 14 |
Seat Change2: | New |
Popular Vote2: | 70,730 |
Percentage2: | 21.00% |
Image3: | Zaruhi Postanjyan (1).jpg |
Leader3: | Zaruhi Postanjyan |
Party3: | Yerkir Tsirani |
Color3: | ffa500 |
Last Election3: | – |
Seats Before3: | 0 |
Seats3: | 5 |
Seat Change3: | New |
Popular Vote3: | 26,107 |
Percentage3: | 7.75% |
Seats Before2: | 0 |
Seats Needed2: | 33 |
Seats Needed3: | 33 |
Yerevan City Council elections were held on 14 May 2017. The Republican Party of Armenia won 71.25% of the total vote, the Way Out Alliance won 21%, while Yerkir Tsirani won 7.75%. Following the elections, Yerevan City Council elected Taron Margaryan as Mayor of Yerevan.[1]
Three parties were registered to participate, each with its candidate for Mayor:[2]