Compared to the current electoral law, Article 32 of the law of 1 April 2021 (referring to Article 100 of the Code) would reduce the prime of additional mandates awarded to a party or a coalition that receives 50% of the mandates from 54% to 52% of the total number of mandates. This amendment taken together with the reduction in the general threshold would likely make the composition of the parliament more proportional compared to the system foreseen in the current law. Due to historical reasons, the Armenian constitutional principle of stable majority places a rather strong emphasis on government stability over proportionality. In this respect, the Venice Commission and the ODIHR notes that many states award a certain advantage to the largest parties or coalitions to promote government stability, but typically through less rigid measures, such as by the method of turning votes into mandates, i.e. by opting for the d’Hondt method or by modifying the Sainte-Laguë method by increasing the first divisor.