June 7 2026
Dozens of violations were reported during the parliamentary elections in Armenia
As of 5:00 p.m. Yerevan time (4:00 p.m. Kyiv time), that is, three hours before polling stations closed, overall voter turnout reached 48.92%. This figure significantly exceeds voter turnout in the previous parliamentary elections, when only 38.52% of the total number of eligible voters (more than two and a half million citizens) had cast their ballots by the same time.
Despite the high voter turnout, the voting process was marred by a number of violations. The Operational Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a special hotline received dozens of reports; following an investigation, law enforcement officials documented 19 cases of multiple voting (“carousel voting”), 15 instances of violations of voting secrecy, two cases of obstruction of the right to vote, as well as isolated incidents of voter bribery and the carrying of cold weapons directly on the premises of the polling station. All collected evidence was promptly forwarded to pre-trial investigation authorities, and the police detained 14 individuals involved in the violations.
In addition to officially recorded crimes, authorities are currently reviewing approximately two hundred reports of possible fraud and conducting a detailed analysis of publications in the local press and on social media. At 7:00 p.m. Kyiv time, polling stations across Armenia officially closed, and commission members began preparations for counting the ballots. The current election process is of immense geopolitical significance, as it is taking place amid serious political pressure on Yerevan from Moscow due to the Nikol Pashinyan government’s consistent course toward rapprochement with the European Union and the diversification of its security policy.
This is reported by Radio Free Europe’s Armenian Service.
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