Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election, 1997

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

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Early presidential elections were held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on 1 September 1997 after President Robert Kocharyan was appointed Prime Minister of Armenia. The result was a victory for independent candidate Arkadi Ghukasyan, who received 89% of the vote.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Arkadi Ghukasyan	Independent	65,933	89.31
Arthur Tovmasyan	Independent	3,953	5.35
Boris Arushanyan	Independent	3,936	5.33
Invalid/blank votes		2,435	–
Total		76,257	100
Registered voters/turnout		90,137	84.60
Source: CEC

Elections and referendums in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

Presidential elections	1996 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017

Parliamentary elections	1991 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Referendums	1991 2006

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