  RPA claims victory in Yerevan City Council election  May 6, 2013 - 09:58 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has published the preliminary results of Yerevan City Council elections, with votes from 464 polling stations counted. According to the CEC, Mission party gained 2692 votes (0.64%); Prosperous Armenia – 97 189 votes (23․07%); Barev Yerevan bloc – 35 732 votes (8.48%); Armenian National Congress party – 18 499 votes (4.39%); Republican Party of Armenia - 235 512 votes (55.89%); Orinats Yerkir – 15 733 votes (3.73 %). 437 021 Yerevan residents (53.53%) cast ballots, with 816 475 entitled to vote.   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 |  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. |
