Pashinyan is hoping to renew his mandate in the elections, however, he is in a tight race with former president Robert Kocharyan.
The elections were initially scheduled for 9 December 2023 but were moved forward due to the ongoing political crisis in Armenia following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Four alliances and 23 parties submitted documents to Armenia's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) in order to register for the elections.
Several of the parties and all of the alliances were established in 2020 or 2021 following Armenia's defeat in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Four alliances and 21 parties are participating in the election.