Exit poll gives Sarksyan victory in Armenia election

Exit poll gives Sarksyan victory in Armenia election

Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:58am EST

YEREVAN, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan won the
first round of Armenia’s presidential election, scoring 57.01 percent
of the vote, according to an exit poll by Britain’s Populus pollster
for Armenian television on Tuesday.

Populus said Sarksyan’s strongest opponent, former president Levon
Ter-Petrosyan, had won 17.04 percent. (Reporting by Margarita Antidze,
writing by Michael Stott)