Bright Alliance


The Bright Alliance was a liberal political alliance of two political parties in Armenia: the Bright Armenia party and Republic party. It was formed on 28 August 2018, before the 2018 Yerevan City Council election. Its leaders were Edmon Marukyan and Aram Sargsyan.

Composition

Ideology

Both parties are considerably pro-European and have called for closer relations and integration between Armenia and the European Union.

History

On 23 September 2018, the alliance participated in the 2018 Yerevan City Council election with Minister of Justice Artak Zeynalyan as a candidate of Mayor and won 3 seats out of 65 in the Yerevan City Council. After the election, Artak Zeynalyan gave up his mandate of City Council and continued his work as Minister of Justice.
Prior to the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election, the leaders of both parties agreed to dissolve the alliance. However, the leaders also agreed that cooperation between the two political parties may resume in the future and that they would continue to work closely together for the benefit of Armenian citizens.

Electoral record

Local elections

Yerevan City Council elections