Previously, the law prohibited the formation of alliances consisting of more than three political forces. According to the amendments to the Electoral Code, this ban has been lifted. According to the new regulations, the right to form an alliance in the first 9-day period is given to the political force that received the most votes. CEC President Vahagn Hovakimyan said that during the press conference.

“If the political force that received the most votes fails to form a coalition within that period, then the remaining political forces are given time to form a “minority government” or “minority coalition” in international terminology.

A vivid example of this was Gyumri, when the political forces that crossed the threshold united and formed a coalition. As a result, the political force that received the most votes was left out of that coalition, that is, the minority coalition took over the administration,” he said and added that this order will also apply in the case of NA elections.

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