New Delhi, June 6 -- On the last day before polls open, the number that matters most to Armenia's electoral authorities is 2,485,851 - the total citizens whose names are inscribed in the national voter registry as of June 6. It is a bureaucratic figure, published by the Migration and Citizenship Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs under a constitutional obligation, but it carries unusual weight this cycle. The parliamentary election that begins Sunday morning is not a routine transfer of power. It is the first Armenia has held on schedule, without a war or revolution forcing the calendar, since 2017.

a figure that reflects both internal mobility and the residual presence of Karabakh Armenians who fled Azerbaijan's military offens...