50.51% voters cast ballots in Armenia constitutional referendumDecember 6, 2015 - 21:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 1 296 368 (50.51%) people have voted in the December 6 referendum on constitutional amendments in Armenia. According to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), 388 506 (45.9%) voters cast ballots in Yerevan. In several other Armenian cities, the votes were cast as follows: Ashtarak - 7875 (41.2 %), Ararat - 9961 (72.6 %), Armavir - 13078 (44.7%) Artashat 12928 (60.1%), Metsamor - 5564 (60%), Vagharshapat 36.016 (71.5%), Sevan - 12.601 (64.1%), Vardenis - 4394 (43.2%), Alaverdi - 6847 (47.3%), Spitak - 7981 (60.2%), Stepanavan - 8419 (58.8%), Abovyan - 17.958 (46%), Hrazdan - 19.352 (43.9%), Artik - 8458 (55.5%), Gyumri - 45.550 (35.1%), Kapan - 16.093 (52%), Sisian - 7083 (56.4%), Yeghegnadzor - 3154 (41.8%), Dilijan - 5896 (39.6%), Ijevan - 5657 (39.6%). The Armenian citizens voted Saturday, December 6, on the amendments to Constitution. 1997 polling stations opened across the republic at 8 am local time and closed at 8 pm sharp. 18 local and 6 international organizations monitored the referendum, including CIS observer mission, CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, foreign Central Election Committees, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODHIR), representatives of foreign embassies accredited to Armenia. The amended version of the Constitution would increase the role of the National Assembly, government and Prime Minister and essentially curtail the president's powers. Other changes include elimination of majoritarian voting system and full transition to proportional system of forming a parliament. 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 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. Caring for nature, we have started with ourselves - Team Telecom Armenia Team Telecom Armenia summarized the work undertaken within the company in the direction of environmental protection. Azerbaijani President travels to Moscow Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Residents of border Armenian villages continue protests Residents of several Armenian communities in Tavush province continued protests into April 22 morning. |