The Heritage party Council confirmed the party`s proportional and majority electoral lists.

Today Armenian Heritage party`s plenary board session was held headed by party chairman Raffi Hovannisyan. The board discussed and decided to present the council`s discussion the issues concerning the party`s participation in May 6, 2012, parliamentary elections, as well as the issues referring the party`s nomination lists both through majority and proportional electoral system. 

Just after the board session the party`s council session was held, during which the board chairman Raffi Hovannisyan presented the board`s report over political situation in Armenia. Other council members also expressed their points of view over the party`s tactics and strategy before and after the parliamentary elections.

Then the council discussed the issues referring the format and candidates of the majority and proportional electoral nominations in the upcoming elections. The council decided to participate in the parliamentary elections to be held on May 6. It also confirmed with majority of votes the list of candidates to be nominated through majority electoral system, then taking into consideration the agreement made with Free Democrats party, the council confirmed the joint list of proportional candidates of the Free Democrats party, representatives of civil society and the Heritage party.

Below is presented the complete list of candidates [confirmed by the Heritage party] to be nominated through proportional system and the first 25 candidates to be nominated through majority system out of 101 nominees.

Majority electoral list.

1. Styopa Safaryan /N.1 precinct/ Heritage party, MP

2. Zaruhi Postanjyan /N.4 precinct/ Heritage party, MP

3. Armen Martirosyan /N.6 precinct/ Heritage party, MP

4. Ruben Hakobyan /N.9 precinct/ Heritage party, politician

5. Anahit Bakhshyan /N.12 precinct/ Heritage party, MP

6. Robert Shahbazyan /N.20 precinct/ Heritage party, historian-jurist, teacher

7. Gagik Margaryan /N.21 precinct/ Heritage party, economist

8. Garnik Sahakyan  /N.30 precinct/ Heritage party, pharmacologist

Proportional electoral list.

1. Raffi Hovannisyan

2. Khachatur Kokobelyan / Free Democrats party

3. Zaruhi Postanjyan / Heritage party, MP

4. Alik Arzumanyan / Free Democrats party, former FM

5. Ruben Hakobyan / Heritage party, politician

6. Tevan Poghosyan / non-partisan, ICHD Executive Director

7. Masis Ayvazyan / Free Democrats party, former deputy chief of police

8. Styopa Safaryan / Heritage party, MP

9. Izabella Abgaryan / non-partisan, bloger

10. Arman Musheghyan / non-partisan, "World without barriers" NGO for disabled people

11. Anush Sedrakyan / Free Democrats party, writer, lecturer at the Yerevan State University

12. Artak Ghazaryan / non-partisan, economist

13. Garnik Sahakyan / Heritage party, pharmacologist

14. Anahit Bakhshyan / Heritage party, MP, pedagogue

15. Hovannes Ghazaryan / Free Democrats party, pedagogue

16. Armen Martirosyan / Heritage party, MP

17. Araks Poghosyan / non-partisan, radio-reporter 

18. Karapet Rubinyan / non-partisan, former deputy speaker of the Supreme Council

19. Hovsep Khurshudyan / Heritage party, economist, geographer

20. Karen Karapetyan / Free Democrats party, scientist of international issues

21. Arthur Poghosyan / Free Democrats party, surgeon

22. Armen Torosyan / Heritage party, economist, lawyer

23. Gagik Margaryan / Heritage party, economist

24. Vahagn Ghazaryan / Free Democrats party, scientist of international issues

25. Vardan Khachatryan / non-partisan, MP, theologian.

The complete lists will be submitted to Central Election Commission within the period prescribed by the law.