2003 Armenian constitutional referendum

2003 Armenian constitutional referendum

25 May 2003
Outcome	The proposition failed due to failing to achieve approval from at least one-third of all registered voters.
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 559,687 50.33% No 552,257 49.67% Valid votes 1,111,944 91.90% Invalid or blank votes 98,046 8.10% Total votes 1,209,990 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 2,339,704 51.72%

Politics of Armenia
CIS Member State CoE Member State
Constitution Constitutional court President: Hrayr Tovmasyan Human rights
Head of state President Vahagn Khachaturyan
Executive Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan Mher Grigoryan Current government
Legislature National Assembly President: Alen Simonyan Members
Judiciary Law
Administrative divisions Provinces (marz) Municipalities (hamaynk)
Elections Political parties Civil Contract Armenia Alliance I Have Honor Alliance Central Electoral Commission Recent parliamentary elections: 2018 2021 Next
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Ararat Mirzoyan Diplomatic missions of / in Armenia Nationality law Passport Diaspora Visa requirements Visa policy Armenia–BSEC relations Armenia–Council of Europe relations Armenia–CSTO relations Armenia–European Union relations Armenia–NATO relations Armenia–OSCE relations Armenia–United Nations relations Armenia–Artsakh relations Armenia–Azerbaijan relations Armenia–Georgia relations Armenia–Iran relations Armenia–Russia relations Armenia–Turkey relations Armenia–United States relations
Related topics Armenian genocide recognition History OSCE Minsk Group Politics of Artsakh
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A constitutional referendum was held in Armenia on 25 May 2003.^[1] The constitutional changes would remove some powers from the president, and were narrowly approved by 50.33% of voters, with a 51.72% turnout. However, the results were invalidated, as the number of votes in favour of the changes was lower than one-third of the number of registered voters (779,901).