Which Armenian MP Votes Most ‘Against’? Who is Most Absent?

In the fifth convocation of Armenia's National Assembly (operating since May 31, 2012), head of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) parliamentary faction Galust Sahakyan was the MP who voted most in favor of bills — 288 times. Voting one less than Sahakyan (that is, 287 times) in favor of bills were three other HHK MPs — Razmik Zohrabyan, Mkrtich Minasyan, and Aleksan Petrosyan. These are the figures according to parliamentmonitoring.am.

The top 10 MPs voting "for" the most are all members of the ruling party. 

Voting "against" most often is Armenian National Congress (HAK) MP Nikol Pashinyan — 126 times. He is followed by Heritage Party MPs Alexander Arzoumanian (76 times "against") and Rubik Hakobyan (73 times).

The "record-holder" for the most abstentions is Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF-D or Dashnaktsutyun) MP Artsvik Minasyan (138 times). Second and third places were fellow party members Armen Rustamyan (109 abstentions) and Armen Babayan (108 abstentions). 

Artsvik Minasyan is also the leader in the number of speeches: he made 38 speeches in parliament. He is followed by Khosrov Harutyunyan (26 speeches), HAK MP Hrant Bagratyan and independent (non-party) MP Edmon Marukyan, the latter making 20 speeches each. 

Absent from parliamentary meetings the most is Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukyan (281 times), followed by Hrant Bagratyan (absent 154 times) and ARF-D MP Vahan Hovhannisyan (absent 153 times).