Armenian presidential election, 2008
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Serzh Sargsyan
Republican Party
The 2008 presidential election was held in Armenia on February 19. Prime Minister of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan won the election in the first round according to official results, but this is disputed by former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who officially placed second.
The candidacy of Sargsyan was backed by incumbent President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan (who is ineligible for a third consecutive term). Other candidates included Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Vahan Hovhannisyan, the Vice President of the National Assembly, representing the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. The largest opposition party, Rule of Law, nominated former parliamentary speaker Artur Baghdasarian as its candidate.
By the registration deadline of 6 December 2007, nine candidates had registered:
Raffi Hovannisian from Heritage and Aram Karapetyan from New Times also tried to register, but were refused the certificates of residence in Armenia over the last ten years by the Armenian Police Department of Passports.Prosperous Armenia's Gagik Tsarukian, a business oligarch, whose party has the second largest faction in parliament endorsed Serge Sargsian.
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