1997 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election

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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.

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
Total			73,822	100.00

Valid votes			73,822	96.81
Invalid/blank votes			2,435	3.19
Total votes			76,257	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			90,137	84.60
Source: CEC

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