Armenia: Pashinyan claims victory in snap polls, Kocharyan comes in 2ndJune 21, 2021 - 09:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party won 53.92% of the vote, as all the ballots were counted in all the 2008 polling stations across the country. Hayastan bloc headed by second President Robert Kocharyan, meanwhile, has 21.04% of the vote, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC), followed by "I Have Honor" bloc with 5.23%. Prosperous Armenia has secured 3.96% of the ballots, Hanrapetutyun party has 3.04%. while the Armenian National Congress led by first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan has only 1.54% of the vote. A total of 25 parties and blocs were running for seats in the National Assembly. After electoral system amendments approved in April 2021, members of parliament are elected only through closed party lists by party list proportional representation method. Parties and alliances (blocs) need to pass the 5% and 7% threshold, respectively, to make it to the parliament. According to preliminary results, Civil Contract, Hayastan and "I have Honor" blocs will have seats in the National Assembly, although the latter has not passed the 7% threshold. According to Armenian law, however, if only two forces have secured enough votes, mandates are also given to the third force with the most votes. 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 | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |