Counting of votes completed, CEC says May 7, 2012 - 12:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Central Election Commission has completed the counting of votes. According to the data received from all of 1982 polling stations, parties and blocs gained the following number of votes: Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) – 663 066 (44,05 %) Prosperous Armenia Party – 454 684 (30,20 %) Heritage party - 87 095 (5,79 %) Armenian National Congress (ANC) bloc – 106 910 (7,10 %) ARF Dashnaktsutyun – 86 296 (5,73 %) Orinats Yerkir – 82 690 (5,49 %) Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA) – 5 633 (0,37 %) Communist Party of Armenia – 15 933 (1,06 %) United Armenians party – 3 080 (0,20 %). Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |