Texas 1996 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election 24 November 1996 1997 → Turnout78.07% Candidate Robert Kocharyan Boris Arushanyan Party Independent Independent Popular vote 60,241 4,801 Percentage 88.91% 7.09% President-elect Robert Kocharyan Independent Politics of Artsakh Constitution Constitution Executive President Legislature National Assembly President Members Administrative divisions Administrative divisions Elections and Referendums Political parties Recent elections General: 2020 Presidential: 20122017 Parliamentary: 20102015 Referendums 1991 (independence)20062017 Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Representative offices International recognition Visa policy Related topics Political status of Artsakh OSCE Minsk Group Politics of Armenia Politics of Azerbaijan Other countries 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.[1] Results CandidatePartyVotes%Robert KocharyanIndependent60,24188.91Boris ArushanyanIndependent4,8017.09Hrant MelkumyanCommunist Party2,7134.00Total67,755100.00Valid votes67,75596.72Invalid/blank votes2,2973.28Total votes70,052100.00Registered voters/turnout89,73378.07Source: CEC References ^ November 24, 1996 Archived May 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine CEC NKR Artsakh presidential electionsDirect elections 1996 1997 2002 2007 2012 2020 Indirect elections 2017 2023 Elections in the Republic of ArtsakhPresidential elections 1996 1997 2002 2007 2012 2020 Parliamentary elections 1923 ... 1991–92 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Local elections ... 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019 Referendums 1923 1988 1991 2006 2017 Armenian elections 1990