Interfax, Russia
May 18 2012

Armenian opposition defies election results

YEREVAN. May 18

The opposition Armenian National Congress led by the country’s former
president Levon Ter-Petrosian has asked the Constitutional Court to
rule against validity of the results of the May 6 parliamentary
elections.

The court president ordered judges to examine the claim, the Armenian
Constitutional Court spokesperson told Interfax.

At the parliamentary elections held in Armenia on May 6 the Republican
Party led by incumbent President Serzh Sargsian mustered 44.02% votes,
thus gaining a parliamentary majority. The Armenian National Congress
(a partisan bloc) mustered 7.08% votes.

In their reports, international observers gave a positive assessment
of the voting process.
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