WorldBulletin.net, Turkey
March 4 2013
Armenian presidential election loser refutes results
The party will apply to constitutional court for cancellation for
announcement of the real results of the election to public.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Raffi Hovhannisyan, leader of Heritage Party of Armenia who lost the
presidential election on February 18, will make complaint at the
central electoral committee of Armenian Constitutional Court, claiming
that results had been manipulated.
Hovhannisyan defended that the official declaration of central
electoral committee on February 25 twisted the truth, and the
presidential election results should be canceled.
The party will apply to constitutional court for cancellation for
announcement of the real results of the election to public.
Hovhannisyan got 539,639 votes, %36.7, was the first runner-up in
presidential election on February 18, and Serzh Sargsian won the
election.
Hovhannisyan and his voters claimed that they won the election by
getting the highest vote, and Sargsian conducted electoral
manipulation.
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