  Armenia ruling party loses majority in Yerevan elections September 18, 2023 - 11:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party failed to secure majority in Yerevan’s municipal assembly as a result of elections on Sunday, September 17. Preliminary results showed Civil Contract winning roughly 33% of the vote, followed by a party represented by Hayk Marutyan, a former Yerevan mayor, with about 19%. The opposition Mayr Hayastan (Mother Armenia) bloc got 15.4%, a party led by Vartan Ghukasyan, a controversial video blogger based in the United States, garnered 9.7%, while Hanrapetutyun (Republic) party, which is said to allied to Civil Contract, secured 11.2% of the vote. The Central Election Commission (CEC) also reported that only about 28.5 percent of Yerevan’s 824,250 eligible voters cast ballots on Sunday, the lowest figure ever recorded in the city.   Top stories Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan has said Armenia will, in all likelihood, ratify the Rome Statute. Vaqif Sadiqov has threatened that his country’s military will deploy sniper rifle if EU observers approach the border between the two countries. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will leave for Sochi on June 7 on a three-day working visit. The delegation headed by Armenian National Assembly President Alen Simonyan is leaving for Turkey.   Partner news |  Latest news Peaceful march starts in Yerevan to support Ruben Vardanyan  A march in support of philanthropist and former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan has started Yerevan.Azerbaijan detains former Karabakh Foreign Minister Former Nagorno-Karabakh Foreign Minister Davit Babayan has been detained by Azerbaijan.UN confirms mission will travel to Karabakh this weekend U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric confirmed that a U.N. mission would travel to Nagorno-Karabakh this weekend.Karabakh little brothers killed by Azerbaijani army will be buried in Armenia The two little brothers, aged 8 and 10, were killed in Azerbaijan’s aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh. |
