Live broadcasting covers nearly 90% of polling stations in Armenia’s elections

During Armenia’s parliamentary elections, live broadcasting is being carried out from 1,774 polling stations, each with at least 300 registered voters.

A total of 2,005 polling stations are open across the country.

Technical equipment and video surveillance systems are operating without interruption, contributing to the transparency of the electoral process and increasing public trust, Deputy Chair of the Central Electoral Commission Nune Hovhannisyan said at a press briefing on election day.

Hovhannisyan said that the technical equipment used for voter identification and the cameras have contributed to transparency of the elections.

“Most importantly, I think public trust has increased both in the electoral process and in the electoral bodies. These tools have helped strengthen public confidence. This is why the Central Electoral Commission decided to provide live broadcasting during these parliamentary elections from all polling stations where the number of voters exceeds 300. There are 1,774 such polling stations,” she said.

“All stages of the voting process are therefore under observation. At the same time, the most important point is that voter secrecy is ensured in all polling stations. We do not have any polling station where the presence of cameras could lead to a violation of that principle,” she said.

Referring to the technical equipment, Hovhannisyan noted that during these elections, around 4,000 technical devices have been deployed in 1,996 polling stations.