The Strong Armenia Alliance will apply to Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) seeking the annulment of the results of the parliamentary elections held in the country on June 7.

The announcement was made by Narek Karapetyan, the first candidate on the Strong Armenia Alliance’s electoral list.

Karapetyan claimed that, based on recounts currently being conducted following applications submitted by several political forces, the vote tally of the Civil Contract Party had allegedly decreased significantly, despite statements by Civil Contract representatives that the recount process had increased their vote total by more than 1,000 votes.

Karapetyan also alleged that military personnel were directed to participate in the vote and that employees of the state system were instructed to vote in favor of the Civil Contract Party.

“Taking all this into account, tomorrow we will apply to the Central Electoral Commission so that the commission invalidates the election results and reviews Civil Contract’s votes. If we do not receive a prompt response, we will apply to the Constitutional Court,” Karapetyan said.

According to the preliminary results of Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections, three political forces are set to enter parliament: the Civil Contract Party, the Strong Armenia Alliance, and the Armenia Alliance.

Preliminary figures show that the Civil Contract Party received 727,827 votes, or 49.825% of the vote. Based on these results, the party is expected to secure a parliamentary majority and form the government.

The Strong Armenia Alliance received 340,088 votes, or 23.281%, while the Armenia Alliance secured 145,113 votes, or 9.934%.

The Prosperous Armenia Party remains very close to the electoral threshold of 4%. According to preliminary results, the party received 3.996% of the vote, falling short of entering parliament by 0.004 percentage points.

Prosperous Armenia had earlier announced that it would apply to the CEC for recounts at a number of polling stations.

The vote recount process is currently underway, and the final election results are scheduled to be announced on June 14.