Interfax, Russia
July 20 2012
President Saakian leading in Nagorno-Karabakh election – CEC
YEREVAN. July 20
A preliminary tally of 45% of ballots cast in Nagorno-Karabakh’s
presidential election on Thursday gives 70.20% of the vote to the
self-proclaimed republic’s incumbent leader Bako Saakian, a local
Central Election Commission (CEC) spokesman told Interfax.
Nagorno-Karabakh National Assembly deputy Gen. Vitaly Balasanian has
won 29. 40% of the vote, and deputy rector of Yerevan State Agrarian
University’s Stepanakert branch Arkady Sogomonian 0.40%.
The election drew a turnout of 73.42%, which means that 72,833 of
Nagorno-Karabakh’s 99,190 registered eligible voters cast their
ballots, the commission said.
The Central Election Commission has not received any complaints of
voting irregularities.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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