Nearly Half of Dashnaktsutyun MPs Not in Party’s Election List

Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun, or ARF-D) parliamentary faction leader Vahan Hovhannesyan at the ARF-D Supreme Council meeting earlier today presented the party’s list of candidates nominated to run in the May 6 parliamentary election according to the system of proportional representation. According to Hovhannesyan, they spent a long time compiling the list, since it should be “not only representative, but also ethical.”

The faction leader pointed out that the party tried to incorporate mainly youth in its top 10 slots, while nearly half of the party’s current parliamentary deputies are completely absent from the list.

The top 20 candidates in the Dashnaktsutyun list are

1. Vahan Hovhannesyan (Vahan Hovhannisyan)
2. Armen Rustamyan
3. Artashes Shahbazyan
4. Aghvan Vardanyan
5. Artsvik Minasyan
6. Karine Harutyunyan
7. Armen Babayan
8. Aramayis Grigoryan
9. Mikael Manukyan
10. Karen Shahmuradyan
11. Ruzanna Arakelyan
12. Ara Nranyan
13. Arsen Hambardzumyan
14. Gagik Gevorgyan
15. Vahram Tamazyan
16. Nune Petrosyan
17. Martun Matevosyan
18. Ishkhan Saghatelyan
19. Vardan Aleksanyan
20. Lilit Galstian