5 PARTIES, OPPOSITION ALLIANCE MAKE IT TO ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT
The Voice of Russia
May 7 2012
Five political parties and an opposition alliance have made it to
the Armenian Parliament.
Now that 90% of the votes have been counted, it is safe to claim that
the ruling Republican Party is in the lead with 44% of the votes to
its credit.
It is followed by another ruling coalition party, Prosperous Armenia,
with 30.3% of the vote to its credit.
Another three parties of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation,
namely Dashnaktsutyun, Heritage and Orinats Yerkir, have qualified
for parliament by polling more than 5% of the vote.
The opposition alliance, the Armenian National Congress, went to
great pains to make it to parliament by polling 7% of the vote.
According to the Central Elections Commission, the turnout at Sunday’s
elections exceeded 62%.
The final returns are due to be made public in a week’s time.
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