# National Assembly (Artsakh)

The National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, romanized: Artsakhi Hanrapetut'yan Azgayin zhoghov; often shortened: Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ, Azgayin zhoghov, AZh) was the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Artsakh.
Plans were in place to move the National Assembly from Stepanakert to Shusha on 9 May 2022 to mark the 30th anniversary of the capture of Shusha, but the city came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Following an Azerbaijani offensive on 19 September 2023, Artsakh agreed to dissolve itself by 1 January 2024, as de jure. In December 2023, this decision was subsequently declared not valid by the Artsakh president. The Assembly kept functioning in exile from Yerevan.
In early March 2024, Azerbaijani authorities demolished the National Assembly of Artsakh building.

## Electoral system

The constitution of Artsakh, amended in 2017, stated that all members to National Assembly shall be elected for a five-year term through a proportional electoral system. The National Assembly had to be composed of no less than 27 and no more than 33 MPs. The number of the MPs had to be defined by the Electoral Code.
Prior to the passing of the 2017 constitutional referendum, the National Assembly had 33 members, 22 of whom (17 before 2015) were elected using party-list proportional representation, and the rest elected in single seat constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.

## Last election

| | Free Motherland - UCA Alliance | 30,015 | 40.80 | 16 | +1 |
| | United Motherland | 17,683 | 24.04 | 9 | New |
| | Justice | 5,867 | 7.98 | 3 | New |
| | Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 4,758 | 6.47 | 3 | –4 |
| | Democratic Party of Artsakh | 4,314 | 5.86 | 2 | –4 |
| | New Artsakh Alliance | 3,385 | 4.60 | 0 | New |
| | National Revival | 2,175 | 2.96 | 0 | 0 |
| | Artsakh Conservative Party | 2,156 | 2.93 | 0 | New |
| | Artsakh Revolutionary Party | 1,325 | 1.80 | 0 | New |
| | United Armenia Party | 930 | 1.26 | 0 | New |
| | Generation of Independence Party | 551 | 0.75 | 0 | New |
| | Communist Party of Artsakh | 402 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 73,561 | 100.00 | 33 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 73,561 | 96.82 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,419 | 3.18 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 75,980 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 104,866 | 72.45 | | |
| Source: CEC, Armenanews ||||||

## Committees

The National Assembly had 7 standing committees:
* Standing Committee on Defense, Security and Law Enforcement
* Standing Committee on Foreign Relations
* Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs
* Standing Committee on Social Affairs and Health
* Standing Committee on Production and Manufacturing Infrastructure
* Standing Committee on Budget, Financial and Economic Management
* Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sports,

## List of National Assembly members by convocation
### 6th Convocation

The members of the 6th convocation of the National Assembly were elected on 3 May 2015.
| Party | Name |
| Free Motherland (14) | Artur Tovmasyan (head of faction) |
| Free Motherland (14) | Ramela Dadayan (secretary of faction) |
| Free Motherland (14) | Arpat Avanesyan |
| Free Motherland (14) | Aram Grigoryan |
| Free Motherland (14) | Grigory Kasparyan |
| Free Motherland (14) | Sergey Harutyunyan |
| Free Motherland (14) | Rudik Hyusnunts |
| Free Motherland (14) | Robert Ghahramanyan |
| Free Motherland (14) | Arzik Mkhitaryan |
| Free Motherland (14) | Vardges Ulubabyab |
| Free Motherland (14) | Gagik Petrosyan |
| Free Motherland (14) | Hovik Jivanyan |
| Free Motherland (14) | Ararat Ohandjanyan |
| Free Motherland (14) | Armen Ohanyan |
| Democratic Party (6) | Ashot Ghulian (Speaker of the Parliament) |
| Democratic Party (6) | Vardges Baghryan (head of faction) |
| Democratic Party (6) | Ludmila Barseghyan (secretary of faction) |
| Democratic Party (6) | Zhanna Galstyan |
| Democratic Party (6) | Davit Melkumyan [hy] |
| Democratic Party (6) | Gegham Stepanyan |
| ARF (6) | Armen Sargsyan (head of faction) |
| ARF (6) | Alyosha Gabrielyan (secretary of faction) |
| ARF (6) | Vahram Balayan |
| ARF (6) | David Ishkhanyan |
| ARF (6) | Rita Mnatsakanyan |
| ARF (6) | Georgy Petrosyan |
| Movement 88 (3) | Eduard Aghabekyan (head of faction) |
| Movement 88 (3) | Gagik Baghunts (secretary of faction) |
| Movement 88 (3) | Vilen Safaryan |
| National Revival (1) | Hayk Khanumyan (head of faction) |
| Independent (3) | Ruslan Israelyan |
| Independent (3) | Aram Sargsyan |
| Independent (3) | Erik Harutunyan |
| Source: National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh ||

### 7th Convocation

The members of the 7th convocation of the National Assembly were elected on 31 March 2020. This was the last legislature before the dissolution of Artsakh on 1 January 2024.
| Faction | Name |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Arthur Tovmasyan (President of the National Assembly) |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Arthur Harutyunyan (head of faction) |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Eleonora Avanesyan (secretary of faction) |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Eduard Aghabekyan |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Aram Grigoryan |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Hovik Jivanyan |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Vladimir Kasyan |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Arevik Petrosyan |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Karine Atayan |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Aramayis Aghabekyan |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Areg Avagyan |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Nela Grigoryan |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Ashot Danielyan |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Armen Hakobyan |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Aram Harutyunyan |
| Free Motherland - UCA Alliance (16) | Lernik Ghalayan |
| United Motherland (9) | Gagik Baghunts (Vice-President of the National Assembly, head of faction) |
| United Motherland (9) | Marsel Petrosyan (secretary of faction) |
| United Motherland (9) | Sevak Aghajanyan |
| United Motherland (9) | David Baghdasaryan |
| United Motherland (9) | Arshak Grigoryan |
| United Motherland (9) | Seyran Hayrapetyan |
| United Motherland (9) | Nune Melkumyan |
| United Motherland (9) | Gohar Sargsyan |
| United Motherland (9) | David Sargsyan |
| Justice (3) | David Galstyan (head of faction) |
| Justice (3) | Metakse Hakobyan (secretary of faction) |
| Justice (3) | Karen Hovhannisyan |
| ARF (3) | Arthur Mosiyan (head of faction) |
| ARF (3) | Vahram Balayan (secretary of faction) |
| ARF (3) | David Ishkhanyan |
| Democratic Party (2) | David Melkumyan (head of faction) |
| Democratic Party (2) | Gegham Stepanyan (secretary of faction) |
| Source: National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh ||