Outgoing National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan has said he will decline his parliamentary mandate.

"I will not take the mandate and will not return to the National Assembly to work as an MP. First of all, I want to take a little rest," he said during a briefing, according to Sputnik Armenia.

Simonyan said he had expected to continue serving as speaker of parliament but stressed that he holds no resentment over the decision made by the party leadership. He added that he has not yet discussed his future with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, but said he sees his political future only within the framework of working with the Civil Contract party and Pashinyan.

On June 14, the final results of the June 7 parliamentary elections were published. Civil Contract received 726,819 votes, or 49.7456%, Strong Armenia won 340,006 votes, or 23.2710%, while the Hayastan Alliance secured 144,983 votes, or 9.9231%. The Prosperous Armenia party failed to clear the 4% threshold, receiving 58,287 votes, or 3.9893%, and will not enter parliament.

Civil Contract will hold 64 seats, including three reserved for representatives of national minorities. Strong Armenia will have 29 seats, including one reserved for an Assyrian representative, while the Hayastan Alliance will hold 12 seats.