Levon Zurabyan elected ANC parliamentary group leader

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress (ANC) coordinator Levon Zurabyan was elected as the leader of the opposition bloc’s parliamentary group, ANC press service reported.

Armenian National Movement (ANM) board chair Aram Manukyan was appointed as ANC parliamentary group secretary.

The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) won a decisive victory at the parliamentary elections on May 6 gaining 44,02% of votes.

The coalition Prosperous Armenia party comes second with 30,12% of votes and the opposition ANC is placed third with 7,08%.

The opposition parties Heritage (5,76%) and ARF Dashnaktsutyun (5,67%), as well as the third coalition Orinats Yerkir party (5,51%) also joined the new parliament.

RPA gained absolute majority of 69 seats in the 131-member National Assembly, 40 by proportional and 29 by majority system of voting.

Prosperous Armenia got 37 seats (28 by proportional and 9 by majority systems) and ANC was left with 7.

Dashnaktsutyun and Orinats Yerkir got 6 seats each (5 by proportional and 1 by majority systems), while Heritage got 5.