Prosperous Armenia leader comes to vote with his family

 May 6, 2012 - 13:57 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Leader of Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan cast his vote for the parliamentary elections in 28/28 polling station in Yerevan's Arinj district.

Tsarukyan who visited the voting site with his family members, waited for other voters to cast their ballots first, and then entered the polling station.

With regard to violations reported by Naira Zohrabyan, Prosperous Armenia leader told journalists they can be rectified.

“Most importantly, currently everything goes smoothly,” Tsarukyan said.

When asked about the candidate he would support in the 2013 presidential elections, chairman of Prosperous Armenia said it depends on the outcome of this parliamentary vote.

Parliamentary elections feature 8 political parties, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), Orinats Yerkir, Heritage, Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), Communist Party of Armenia and United Armenian party, as well as one election bloc represented by opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC).

To enter the parliament, Armenian National Congress (ANC) must overcome 7% threshold as a bloc, unlike the parties, which need 5% threshold level.

647 international and over 31 thous. local observers will monitor the parliamentary elections in Armenia. OSCE/ODIHR (258 observers), OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (69), PACE (37), CIS Interparliamentary Assembly (22), as well as International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and SILBA international organization have deployed observer missions in Armenia.

The preliminary results will be published no later than 24 hours after the voting, with final results to be released on the seventh day starting the voting day.