Armenian opposition leaders accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of trying to rig Sunday’s parliamentary elections after he rushed to claim victory with less than one fifth of ballots cast counted.
“This is a historic victory that will definitely ensure the survival and development of the Republic of Armenia,” Pashinian declared in the early hours of Monday.
The statement came as early election results mostly reported from rural precincts showed his Civil Contract party winning an absolute majority of votes. Pashinian downplayed the fact that Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has not yet tabulated and released at that point vote results from the vast majority of polling stations across the country.
“We have proxies at all polling stations, and we have the protocols [of vote results there,] and we do our own calculations,” he told a news conference held at around 2:30 a.m.
The main opposition groups challenging Civil Contract were quick to dismiss Pashinian’s declaration and accuse him of exerting pressure on the CEC. Samvel Karapetian, the leader of the main opposition Strong Armenia bloc, claimed that election officials linked to the ruling party stopped vote counts in many precincts in Yerevan and other urban centers.
“Seeing that their results are falling every minute, they have stopped counts, and we don’t even know what will be presented in the morning,” Karapetian told reporters. “I want to assure you that the elections are not yet over. There are no election results yet.”
“So don’t worry, they won’t have their victory because you could tell from their interviews and expressions of their faces that they are not doing well,” he said.
The opposition Hayastan alliance charged that Pashinian attempted to influence the work of the CEC and thus “usurp power.”
“The ruling regime must still be held legally accountable for all the election violations recorded during this period,” it said in a statement.
Arman Tatoyan, the leader of another major opposition party running in the elections, denounced Pashinian’s statement as unconstitutional.
“The head of government has no authority to make a statement and declare his absolute victory when a little more than 10 percent of the ballots have been calculated, when not even 10 percent of the ballots cast in Yerevan have been tallied,” he said.
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RFE/RL – Armenia’s Ruling Party Declared Election Winner
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his Civil Contract party won Armenia’s weekend parliamentary elections with just under half of the vote, according to their preliminary official results released on Monday.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) said Civil Contract garnered 49.8 percent of the vote, enough to extend Pashinian’s eight-year rule. Billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s Strong Armenia bloc came in a distant second with 23.3 percent, followed by former President Robert Kocharian’s Hayastan alliance (almost 10 percent) and businessman Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (just under 4 percent).
The 14 other parties running in the elections also failed to clear the 4 percent legal threshold for winning seats in the Armenian parliament. The combined 17 percent of votes polled by them and Prosperous Armenia will be proportionally distributed, in the form of bonus seats, among the three groups that will be represented in the new National Assembly. Civil Contract will get most of those seats and thus retain its parliamentary majority.
None of the three main opposition forces recognized the official vote tally as legitimate or reacted to them otherwise by Monday noon. Karapetian and other opposition leaders cried foul after Pashinian claimed a “historic victory” overnight when less than one-fifth of the ballots cast were counted by election officials. They accused him of trying to rig the election results through the CEC, which is dominated by his loyalists.
Strong Armenia, Hayastan and Prosperous Armenia alleged numerous irregularities throughout the voting and ballot counting accompanied by continuing arrests of their members or supporters accused of vote buying.
Pashinian declared later on Monday that he and his party have “crushed” their main election challengers again described by him as a “three-headed party of war.” And he again vowed to jail their leaders.
“This will be one of the most important agendas of the political majority and the government, which we must implement without delay and with very decisive steps,” he said.
Despite its election victory, Pashinian’s party fell short of a two-thirds majority in the parliament, which is required for enacting a new Armenian constitution demanded by Azerbaijan. The constitution drafted by the Armenian Justice Ministry earlier this year needs to be approved by the parliament before being put on a referendum.
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Asbarez: Preliminary Vote Count for Armenia Elections Complete; Civil Contract
Voters casting ballots in Armenia’s Parliamentary Elections on Jun. 7
Armenia’s Central Electoral Committee has concluded the preliminary vote count for the Parliamentary Elections on Sunday.
Shortly after the polls closed at 8 p.m. local time Sunday, the CEC reported that 1,476,597 of the 2,503,976—58.97 percent—eligible voters participated in the elections. In 2021, 49.39 percent of voters participated in the elections.
Beginning at midnight local time on Monday, the CEC began publicizing the votes—a process that lasted more than 10 hours.
In the end Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party took in 727,160 votes or 49.85 percent. In second place was the Strong Armenia Alliance, headed by businessman Samvel Karapetyan, which received 340,062 votes, or 23.31 percent. The Armenia Alliance, headed by former president Robert Kocharian, received 145,097 votes or 9.95 percent of the votes, while businessman Gagik Tsarukyan’s Prosperous Armenia Party received 58,368 votes or four percent.
These four parties will be represented in Armenia’s next parliament with Civil Contract receiving 61 seats, the Strong Armenia Alliance getting 28, while the Armenian Alliance and Prosperous Armenia Party will have 11 and 5 seats respectively.
The CEC had announced the voting results from 477, out of the 2005 precincts, when Pashinyan, at around 2 a.m. local time on Monday called a press conference to claim victory for his Civil Contract party mere two hours after the vote counting process had begun.
He told reporters that the Civil Contract party won the elections, and the Civil Contract party alone will form a government.
“I want to emphasize that compared to the 2021 elections, the Civil Contract party received the vote of a higher number of citizens of the Republic of Armenia—a vote of confidence of a larger number of citizens,” said Pashinyan.
“This is a historic victory that will definitely ensure the continuity and development of the Republic of Armenia, and, of course, we will have lasting and institutional peace,” he added.
Pashinyan’s hasty press conference angered opposition leaders, who hit back by accusing the prime minister of exerting undue pressure on the CEC and its workers.
Armenia Alliance member and chair of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Supreme Council of Armenia, Ishkhan Saghatelyan wrote in a Facebook post that Pashinyan’s premature declaration of victory was “an effort to exert pressure on the CEC and usurp power.”
Calling Pashinyan’s statement a legal violation, the leader of the Wings of Unity Party, Armenia’s former human rights defender Arman Tatoyan, condemned the move.
“Nikol Pashinyan’s statement that the Civil Contract Party will form a government on its own and has won the elections is unconstitutional and exceeds the powers of the Prime Minister. The head of government has no authority to make a statement and announce his sole victory when a little more than 10 percent of the vote results have been calculated, when not even 10 percent of the vote results in Yerevan have been tallied,” Tatoyan said.
Armenia’s former Ambassador at large and head of the Bright Armenia party, Edmon Marukyan also chastised Pashinyan for his premature victory claim.
“Without any data, He is saying ‘I won.’ This is a violation of all the norms of electoral laws, all of them,” Marukyan said.
At his press conference, Pashinyan was asked about his hasty announcement. He told reporters that his party had representatives at every precinct and “we are doing our own calculations.”
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European Council President congratulates Pashinyan on electoral victory
President of the European Council António Costa has congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his electoral victory.
“The people of Armenia have voted for a future built on peace, stability and stronger cooperation with their neighbours and the world,” Costa said in a post on X. “Congratulations to Nikol Pashinyan on the results. You can be proud of your role in strengthening Armenia’s resilience, stability and prosperity. Together, the EU and Armenia are building stronger links between people and creating new opportunities in energy, trade, and digitalization. Our strong partnership is an investment in a more peaceful and prosperous future for the region as a whole.”
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Estonian PM Kristen Michal congratulates Pashinyan on election victory
Prime Minister of Estonia Kristen Michal congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his victory in the parliamentary elections.
“Congratulations, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, on your election victory. Armenia continues to choose Europe, and Estonia is proud to support your European aspirations. I look forward to working together on reforms, innovation, and a more secure Europe while building an even stronger partnership between our countries,” the Estonian Prime Minister said in a post on X.
On Monday, the Central Electoral Commission released the preliminary results of the vote count from all polling stations in the parliamentary elections held on June 7.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party garnered the most votes—727,160, or 49.81%. Samvel Karapetyan’s Strong Armenia came in second with 340,062 votes, or 23.29%, followed by former President Robert Kocharyan’s Armenia Alliance, which received 145,097 votes, or 9.94%. Gagik Tsarukyan’s Prosperous Armenia party received 58,368 votes, or 4%.
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Georgian Prime Minister congratulates Nikol Pashinyan’s party on election succ
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has congratulated the political force led by Nikol Pashinyan on its success in Armenia’s parliamentary elections.
The Georgian prime minister made the statement in a post on the social media platform X.
“Heartfelt congratulations to PM Nikol Pashinyan on his party’s success in the elections. Looking forward to continuing our close cooperation to strengthen the strategic partnership and friendly relations between Georgia and Armenia for the prosperity of our nations, Georgia and Armenia,” wrote the Georgian prime minister.
The Central Electoral Commission of Armenia has published preliminary results of the parliamentary elections held in the country. Based on the results from 110 polling stations, the Civil Contract Party has received 57.14% of the vote.
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Elections 2026: Civil Contract wins 54.87% of vote, Strong Armenia Alliance re
Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has published preliminary results of the parliamentary elections held in the country.
As of now, the results from 314 polling stations have been tabulated, with 99,003 voters included in the count.
According to the published results, the votes have been distributed as follows:
• Reformists Party — 89 votes (0.09%)
• Democratic Party “I Am Against Everyone” — 971 votes (1.00%)
• Strong Armenia Alliance — 21,513 votes (22.08%)
• Meritocratic Party of Armenia — 1,208 votes (1.24%)
• “New Force” Reformist Party — 828 votes (0.85%)
• “Wings of Unity” Party — 2,271 votes (2.33%)
• Prosperous Armenia Party — 5,070 votes (5.20%)
• Pan-Armenian National Democratic Pole — 251 votes (0.26%)
• “Kochari National Revival and National Awakening” Party — 17 votes (0.08%)
• Armenian National Congress — 151 votes (0.15%)
• Republic Party — 668 votes (0.69%)
• Christian Democratic Party — 118 votes (0.12%)
• Democratic Consolidation Party — 251 votes (0.26%)
• “Democracy, Law, Discipline” Party — 1,585 votes (1.63%)
• Civil Contract Party — 53,460 votes (54.87%)
• Armenia Alliance — 8,158 votes (8.37%)
• “In the Name of the Republic” Democracy Protection Alliance — 309 votes (0.32%)
• Bright Armenia Party — 451 votes (0.46%)
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Armenpress: Pashinyan says Civil Contract has won elections and will form gove
The Civil Contract Party has won Armenia’s parliamentary elections and will form the government on its own, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who also serves as chairman of the party’s board, said during a press conference.
“Regular National Assembly elections were held on June 7, 2026, and as a result of those elections, the Civil Contract Party has won. The Civil Contract Party will form the government independently,” he said.
According to Pashinyan, the party received the support of a larger number of citizens than it did in the previous parliamentary elections held in 2021.
“I would like to emphasize that, compared to 2021, the Civil Contract Party has received the votes and trust of a greater number of citizens of the Republic of Armenia. This is a responsibility,” the prime minister said.
He stressed that the election results demonstrate the choice made by citizens in favor of statehood, independence and peace.
“This means that the citizen of the Republic of Armenia has stood by the state, has stood by independence, has stood by the future, and has stood by peace.
Dear citizens of the Republic of Armenia, I love all of you, I am proud of all of you, and I bow before all of you. Glory to the martyrs, and long live the Republic of Armenia,” Pashinyan concluded.
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The result of counting votes in “Vardashen” prison is known
The total number of voters in “Vardashen” CPC is 74, of which “Strong Armenia” received 30 votes (40.54%), “Armenia” bloc – 18 votes (24.32%), “Civil Agreement” – 17 votes (22.97%), “Prosperous Armenia” – 5 votes (6.76%), “APD” – 4 votes (5.41%).
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