THREE POLITICAL PARTIES ENTER YEREVAN COUNCIL OF ELDERS
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
May 6 2013
The Republican Party of Armenia entered the Yerevan Council of Elders
with 58,51% of votes (100,400), Prosperous Armenia with 19.27%
(33,073), Hello,Yerevan with 8.74% (14,996) after calculations of
votes at 198 out of 464 polling stations.
Dashnaktsutyun, Orinats Yerkir and Arakelutyun have not entered
the council.
Parties need at least 6% of votes to enter, blocs need 8%.
The Council of Elders has 65 seats for parties only. A party with
over 50% of votes chooses the mayor of Yerevan.
From: Baghdasarian
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