FREE, FAIR AND TRANSPARENT
Azat Artsakh – Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
22 June 05
The election to the NKR National Assembly took place. Today we may say
that the election to the National Assembly was held on a high level.
Free elections in Nagorno Karabakh are another progressive step on the
way of democracy and international recognition. As the international
observers stated, the election in NKR passed without irregularities
and in conformity with the law. Particularly, at the polling station
22/41 located in the Embassy of NKR toArmenia absolutely no
irregularities were reported. According to the chair of the election
committee of the polling station Argineh Davtian, the polling station
was opened at 8.00 and closed at 20.00. By 12.00 over 98 of the 129
voters had already voted, and another 15 voted by the additional
roll. The latter werethe persons who were in Yerevan on the day of the
election for some reasons. 149 people voted in this polling station,
111 voted for the Democratic Party of Artsakh, 20 for ARF, 14 for Azat
Hayrenik Party, 1 for the Communist Party.1 person voted against all,
and 2 ballots were declared invalid. In the polling station 22/41 the
election was held under the system of proportional representation
only.
CHRISTINE MNATSAKANIAN.
22-06-2005