60,05 % voters cast ballots in Armenia’s electionsFebruary 18, 2013 - 21:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Central Election Commission of Armenia (CEC) has released updated information on voter turnout at Feb 18 presidential elections. According to preliminary data, 1 518 407 (60,05 %) voters cast ballots in the February 18 presidential elections in Armenia. According to CEC head Tigran Mukuchyan, 445 338 (53,99%) voters cast ballots in Yerevan. In Armenia’s provinces, the votes were cast as follows: Aragatsotn – 72 696 (63,60%,) Ararat - 157 506 (73,97%,) Armavir - 127 845 (56,92%,) Gehgarkunik – 128 796 (69,6%,) Lori – 143, 59 (60,15%,) Kotayk - 137 561 (59,15%,) Shirak - 132 793 (57,92%,) Syunik – 71 899 (65,50%,) Vayots Dzor - 29 597 (62,65 %,) Tavush - 71 307 (65,73%.) 7 candidates are running for the post of Armenian president: chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan, Heritage party chairman Raffi Hovannisian, leader of Freedom party, former prime minister Hrant Bagratyan, former foreign minister of Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arman Melikyan, National Self-Determination Union party head Paruyr Hayrikyan, Radio Hay director Andrias Ghukasyan and literature expert Vardan Sedrakyan. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |