January 13, 2010 - 19:48 AMT
Yerevan District electoral commission No. 10 recounts votes
Considering the 11 appeals submitted by Ara Simonyan (National Unity) and Editor-in-Chief of Haykakan Zhamanak Nikol Pashinyan (currently under arrest), Yerevan District electoral commission No. 10 started Tuesday vote recounting procedures in 3 polling stations.

Thus, after a vote recount in polling stations 10/7, 10/14 and 10/30, the number of valid voting ballots increased by 5 and number of inaccuracies - by 12. The votes cast in favor of candidates David Hakobyan and Nikol Pashinyan increased by 1 and 5 respectively.

According to CEC preliminary reports, a winning candidate in January 10 elections is Ara Simonyan who received 7622 votes.

The other candidates - David Hakobyan (Marxist Party) and Nikol Pashinyan - received 299 and 5023 votes respectively.