  Central Electoral Commission sums up elections; RPA leads with 49.1% April 3, 2017 - 13:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Central Electoral Commission on Monday, April 3 summed up the results of parliamentary elections, held in the country on Sunday. Based on results calculated in all the 2009 polling stations, the Republican party leads with 49.12% of votes (771 247 ballots), followed by the Tsarukyan bloc with 27.32% (428 965), YELQ with 7.77% (122 049) and the ARF Dashnaktsutyun with 6.57% (103 173). According to the CEC, the other five political forces - the Armenian Renaissance party (3.71%), the Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian bloc (2.07%), the ANC-PPA bloc (1.65%), the Free Democrats party (0.94%) and the Communist party (0.75%) - didn’t overcome the election threshold and secured no seats at the National Assembly. 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, April 2. Nine political forces, including 4 blocs and 5 parties were running for seats at the National Assembly.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
