Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
April 28 2012
139 candidates run for 41 constituency seats in Armenian parliament
139 candidates will run for 41 seats in the Armenian parliament on May
6, according to the majority system, Armenia Today reports.
Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of Prosperous Armenia, is the only
candidate in electoral district 28, Samvel Balasanyan, Vice Speaker of
Parliament and Deputy Chairman of the party, is the only candidate in
electoral district 34.
Armen Avdalyan of district 28 and Ayk Sultanyan of district 35 quit
the elections.
8 parties and a bloc are running for parliament. They include the
Republican Party, Prosperous Armenia, Orinats Yerkir, Dashnaktsutyun,
Heritage, the Armenian National Congress, the Democratic Party, the
Communist Party and United Armenians.
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