Constitutional Court to Hear Election Appeals on June 26 Without Judges Vardanyan and Zeynalyan

YEREVAN — The Constitutional Court will hold an oral hearing on June 26 to examine applications filed by seven political forces challenging the results of Armenia’s National Assembly elections, the Court announced.

“The Constitutional Court, at its procedural session on June 21, admitted for examination the cases concerning the dispute over the Central Electoral Commission’s June 14, 2026, Decision No. 259-A, ‘On Summarizing the Results of the June 7, 2026 Regular Elections of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia,’ based on applications submitted by the Strong Armenia Alliance of Parties, the Wings of Unity Party, the Democracy, Law and Discipline Party, the Prosperous Armenia Party, the Alliance of Defenders of Democracy for the Republic Party, the Armenia Alliance of Parties, and the New Force Reformist Party,” the Court said in a statement.

The Constitutional Court noted that the cases have been consolidated and will be examined at the same court session, scheduled for June 26, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.

Constitutional Court Judge E. Shatiryan has been appointed as the rapporteur in the case. The consolidated proceedings will be conducted through an oral hearing.

By a decision of the Constitutional Court, Judges Vladimir Vardanyan and Artak Zeynalyan will not participate in the examination of the applications submitted by the seven political forces.

According to the published document, Vardanyan and Zeynalyan’s participation in the proceedings was deemed impossible because they were found to have a “biased attitude” toward the parties in the case.

Vladimir Vardanyan joined the Constitutional Court from Parliament, where he was a member of the ruling Civil Contract faction. Artak Zeynalyan, before being elected a judge, was a member of Aram Sargsyan’s Republic Party and its faction in the Yerevan Council of Elders.

In another procedural decision, the Constitutional Court included the ruling Civil Contract Party, which won the elections, as a “third party” in the proceedings set to begin on Friday.

The main respondent in the case is the Central Electoral Commission. Representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Anti-Corruption Committee will also appear before the Court as related respondents.