ArmInfo. According to preliminary data of the parliamentary elections in Artsakh, 5 political forces got seats in the new parliament of Artsakh. Head of the Artsakh Central Election Commission, Srbuhi Arzumanyan, announced this on April 1 at a meeting with journalists.
She said that the total number of voters was 104,350, and 76,712 voters participated in the vote. <73.5% of voters participated in the elections. The number of invalid ballots was 2418 or 2.8 percent.
To get seats in the National Assembly, the parties had to overcome the 5% threshold, and the blocs – the threshold of 7%. According to her, 5 political forces will be represented in parliament>, the head of the CEC said.
Thus, the following political forces will be represented in the new NKR parliament: Free Homeland – United Civil bloc (Arayik Harutyunyan) – 29688 votes (40.4%), “United Homeland” party (Samvel Babayan) – 17365 votes (23.63%), ” Justice” party Artsakh (Vitaliy Balasanyan) – 5865 votes (7.9%), ARF- “Dashnaktsutyn” – 4717 votes (6.4%), Artsakh Democratic Party (Ashot Ghoulyan) – 4269 votes (5.81%).
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