Big-tent ruling party begun as a public-political union called "Civil Contract" ["Քաղաքացիական պայմանագիր"] founded by Armenia Prime minister Nikol Pashinyan in 2013. Party holds the largest number of seats in the National Assembly of Armenia, 71 out of 107 seats (8th convocation), and dominates the Yerevan City Council [K'aghak'atsiakan paymanagir].