Our position does not become any less truthful simply because it received fewer votes, said Levon Zurabyan, vice chairman of his political force, in a Facebook post.

He argued that “Hitler and Mussolini also came to power through democratic voting.”

“So, let us be clear. All the claims that because we received few votes we therefore have no right to speak are complete moral and intellectual nonsense.

If truth were determined by voting, Jesus would not have been crucified. In 2017, apart from our party, which received only a small number of votes, there was a nationwide consensus that accepting the Minsk Group plan would be a betrayal of the Armenian nation. Ninety-nine percent of people thought so. History delivered a harsh lesson to that 99 percent.

Hitler and Mussolini also came to power through democratic voting. So what? Does that mean they were right?

Our message does not become less truthful simply because we received fewer votes. Unfortunately, history will once again prove the validity of our warnings and the solutions we proposed.

And to those trying to deprive us of the right to speak, I say: move aside. We will continue speaking and we will bring the truth to our people,” he wrote.

According to preliminary data, votes in the elections were distributed as follows: Civil Contract — 49.825 percent, Strong Armenia — 23.281 percent, Armenia Alliance — 9.934 percent, Prosperous Armenia — 3.996 percent. Updated figures indicate that the Prosperous Armenia Party has not passed the electoral threshold, which is 4 percent for parties. The party has requested recounts in several polling stations.