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11.06.2021
Parliament 1918-1920: Which parties were Nominated and Who Were Included in Candidates’ List?
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At 1919 parliamentary elections, the ARF presented a list of 100 candidates. We present the first five of them.

“1. Sahakian Avetik – Agronomist, Chairman of the Armenian Council

2. Kajaznuni Hovhannes – Engineer, President of the Armenian Government

3. Aharonian Avetik - Writer, Chairman of the Peace Delegation of Armenia

4. Pastrmachian Garegin - Chemist, Agronomist, former MP of the Ottoman Empire

5. Varandian MIkayel - Publicist, Editor of Droshak/Flag, Member of the International Socialist Bureau

The list of the Armenian People’s Party Candidates was comprised of 53 people. The first five were the following:

“1. Papajanian Mikayel – Lawyer, Former Member of the State Duma, Member of Paris Conference Delegation

2. Harutyunian Samson – Lawyer, Minister of Justice

3. Vermishian Kristafor – Agronomist, Minister of Food

4. Ayvazian Harutiun 0 Doctor, Former Member of the State Duma

5. Sargsian Levon (Sympathizer, Independent Socialist), Candidate of Natural Sciences, Mayor of Alexandropol

The Socialist-Revolutionaries presented a list of 35 people:

“Sahakian Sako – Economist, Member of the All-Russian Council

3. Zubian Davit – Lawyer, Member of the Armenian Council and Former

4. Tumanian Levon – Lawyer, Member of All-Russian Constitutional Assembly, Member of the Armenian Council

5. Minakhorian Vahan – Revolutionary Figure, Member of the Armenian Council.”

There were also Non-Partisans: Non-Partisan Union of Workers and Villagers presented a list of 18 people, including peasants and gardeners.

“1. Artashes Melkonian – Doctor, Villager from Karbi

2. Drastamat Ter-Mkrtchian – Doctor, Villager from Parbi

3. Bayram Sultanov – Peasant, Villager from Agarak

4. Akhund Jalil Kealbalah Namagh Oghli – Cultivator from the Village Yaghdz

5. Hayk Shahazizian – Gardener from the Village Ashtarak

The foreigners also took part in the parliamentary elections. There were candidates of Kurdish origin:

“Shamshadinov Ahmed-Bek – Public Commissar

2. Shamshadinov Alashraf-Bek – Mayor-General.

“1. Sahakian Avetik – Agronomist, Chairman of the Armenian Council

2. Kajaznuni Hovhannes – Engineer, President of the Armenian Government

3. Aharonian Avetik - Writer, Chairman of the Peace Delegation of Armenia

4. Pastrmachian Garegin - Chemist, Agronomist, former MP of the Ottoman Empire

5. Varandian MIkayel - Publicist, Editor of Droshak/Flag, Member of the International Socialist Bureau

The list of the Armenian People’s Party Candidates was comprised of 53 people. The first five were the following:

“1. Papajanian Mikayel – Lawyer, Former Member of the State Duma, Member of Paris Conference Delegation

2. Harutyunian Samson – Lawyer, Minister of Justice

3. Vermishian Kristafor – Agronomist, Minister of Food

4. Ayvazian Harutiun 0 Doctor, Former Member of the State Duma

5. Sargsian Levon (Sympathizer, Independent Socialist), Candidate of Natural Sciences, Mayor of Alexandropol

The Socialist-Revolutionaries presented a list of 35 people:

“Sahakian Sako – Economist, Member of the All-Russian Council

3. Zubian Davit – Lawyer, Member of the Armenian Council and Former

4. Tumanian Levon – Lawyer, Member of All-Russian Constitutional Assembly, Member of the Armenian Council

5. Minakhorian Vahan – Revolutionary Figure, Member of the Armenian Council.”

There were also Non-Partisans: Non-Partisan Union of Workers and Villagers presented a list of 18 people, including peasants and gardeners.

“1. Artashes Melkonian – Doctor, Villager from Karbi

2. Drastamat Ter-Mkrtchian – Doctor, Villager from Parbi

3. Bayram Sultanov – Peasant, Villager from Agarak

4. Akhund Jalil Kealbalah Namagh Oghli – Cultivator from the Village Yaghdz

5. Hayk Shahazizian – Gardener from the Village Ashtarak

The foreigners also took part in the parliamentary elections. There were candidates of Kurdish origin:

“Shamshadinov Ahmed-Bek – Public Commissar

2. Shamshadinov Alashraf-Bek – Mayor-General.