2017 Constantinopolitan general election (Queen of Cities)

The 2017 Constantinopolitan general election was held on July 2, 2017 to elect the 23rd Parliament after the previous legislature had been dissolved by President Friedman following a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Baghdasaryan's coalition government.

Electoral system
The 200 deputies of Parliament were chosen from a single nationwide electoral district via closed-list proportional representation for a four-year term. The number of seats of each party was determined by utilizing the D'Hondt method with a 5% threshold that parties would need to cross in order to get any seats. In accordance with the 2003 Gender Equality Law each party's electoral list would need to be 50% female and 50% male.

Political parties
For their registration in order to be able to participate in the 2013 election political parties had to pay a €20,000 deposit and be able to garner at least 27 endorsements from elected officials (arrondissement mayors or councilors). For the 2013 election, 20 parties were able to make it onto the ballot. However, of these 20 parties only ten had a realistic chance of getting past the 5% threshold.