
Civil Contract parliamentary faction member Alkhhas Ghazaryan has been nominated for the post of Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. He confirmed the information, saying that his nomination has already been submitted, according to Factor.am .
Vahagn Aleksanyan also announced his candidacy. Under the parliamentary allocation, two deputy speaker positions belong to the Civil Contract party, while the third is reserved for the opposition. The Civil Contract governing board will approve the deputy speaker nominees.
Ruben Rubinyan's candidacy for the position of Speaker of the National Assembly has been confirmed.
On June 14, the final results of the June 7 parliamentary elections were published. Civil Contract received 726,819 votes, or 49.7456%; Strong Armenia received 340,006 votes, or 23.2710%; and the Hayastan alliance received 144,983 votes, or 9.9231%. The Prosperous Armenia Party failed to pass the 4% electoral threshold, receiving 58,287 votes, or 3.9893%.
Civil Contract will hold 64 seats in parliament, including three reserved for national minority representatives. Strong Armenia will have 29 seats, including one reserved for an Assyrian representative, while the Hayastan alliance will hold 12 seats.