 50 RA Parliamentary Elections 2012                                                       51.53 % of voters have cast their ballot by 5 pm   May 6, 2012 - 19:38 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - As of 5 pm, 51.53% of the total number of voters have already participated in the parliamentary elections in Armenia, Central Electoral Committee (CEC) reported. According to CEC, 390170 people voted in Yerevan, 66819 in Aragatsotn, 128162 in Ararat, 98669 in Armavir, 105290 in Gegharkunik, 116284 in Lori, 125373 in Kotayk, 107863 in Shirak, 74566 in Syunik, 26781in Vayots Dzor and 60144 in Tavush. Parliamentary elections feature 8 political parties, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), Orinats Yerkir, Heritage, Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), Communist Party of Armenia and United Armenians party, as well as one election bloc represented by opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) running by proportional system . 138 candidates are nominated by majority system for the elections. CEC publishes updates on the voting process once in three hours starting afternoon of the election day. At 9pm information on voters by provinces (also provincial centers and large communities comprising over 10000 voters) and capital Yerevan will be published, with hourly update. CEC will officially announce preliminary data on the proportional voting live by public TV and radio no later than 24 hours after the voting is over, i.e. within May 7 midnight and 8pm. Final outcomes of the elections will be published on May 13.  Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
