1996 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election

1996 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election

24 November 1996
Turnout	78.07%
Candidate Robert Kocharyan Boris Arushanyan Party Independent Independent Popular vote 60,241 4,801 Percentage 88.91% 7.09%
President-elect Robert Kocharyan Independent

Presidential elections were held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on 24 November 1996. The result was a victory for independent candidate Robert Kocharyan, who received 89% of the vote.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Robert Kocharyan	Independent	60,241	88.91
	Boris Arushanyan	Independent	4,801	7.09
	Hrant Melkumyan	Communist Party	2,713	4.00
Total			67,755	100.00
Valid votes			67,755	96.72
Invalid/blank votes			2,297	3.28
Total votes			70,052	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			89,733	78.07
Source: CEC