Srbuhi Arzumanyan: 5 political forces will be represented in the Artsakh parliament

Arminfo, Armenia
April 1 2020

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%).