Ruling RPA winning Armenia parliamentary electionsApril 3, 2017 - 10:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to preliminary results calculated in 1886 polling stations, the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is taking 49.21% of votes in the parliamentary elections, held on Sunday, April 2. Data provided by the Central Electoral Commission show that the YELQ bloc has received 7.72% of ballots, 0.93% voted for the Free Democrats party, 3.72 for the Armenian Renaissance, 27.38% for Tsarukyan bloc, 1.62% for ANC-PPA bloc, 0.74% for the Communist party, 2.08% for ORO and 6.59% for ARF Dashnaktsutyun. Polls in Armenia to elect members of parliament in the first vote after the referendum on constitutional amendments closed at 8:00 pm Sunday. According to preliminary data provided by the Central Electoral Commission, 1,574,947 out of 2,557,706 (60.86%) eligible voters cast ballots Sunday. Nine political forces, including 4 blocs and 5 parties were running for seats at the National Assembly. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |