President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his electoral victory, highlighting that the EU deeply values its partnership with Armenia.

“Dear Nikol Pashinyan, congratulations on your electoral victory. The spirit of the Velvet Revolution you led in 2018 is alive and well. We deeply value our partnership with a democratic Armenia that is drawing ever closer to Europe. Armenia can count on us,” the President of the European Commission said in a post on X.

The Central Electoral Commission has released the preliminary results of the vote count from all polling stations in the parliamentary elections held on June 7.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party garnered the most votes—727,160, or 49.81%. Samvel Karapetyan’s Strong Armenia came in second with 340,062 votes, or 23.29%, followed by former President Robert Kocharyan’s Armenia Alliance, which received 145,097 votes, or 9.94%. Gagik Tsarukyan’s Prosperous Armenia party received 58,368 votes, surpassing the 4% threshold.