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Nagornyy Karabakh Republic [NKR] starts registration of candidates for
parliament polls
Arminfo, Yerevan
10 May 05
STEPANAKERT
Registration of candidates for deputy of the National Assembly of the
Nagornyy Karabakh Republic [NKR] started today.
Unlike the previous ones, the forthcoming elections [due in June] will
be conducted both under the first-past-the-post and proportional
representation systems (a third of the 33-seat Karabakh parliament
will be elected from party lists), our correspondent reports.
A total of 127 candidates have been nominated for the 22 seats under
the first-past-the-post system, i.e. an average of six candidates for
one seat, the NKR Central Electoral Commission [CEC] reported. Out of
the 127 candidates, 57 were nominated by parties, and 70 on civil
initiative.
[Passage omitted: minor details]
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun [ARFD] and
Movement-88 are running in the elections in one bloc. Only the
Armenakan Party will not run in the elections under the proportional
representation system, it has put forward a candidate under the
first-past-the-post system.
The election campaign will start on 17 May, and the elections will be
conducted on 19 June.
parliament polls
Arminfo, Yerevan
10 May 05
STEPANAKERT
Registration of candidates for deputy of the National Assembly of the
Nagornyy Karabakh Republic [NKR] started today.
Unlike the previous ones, the forthcoming elections [due in June] will
be conducted both under the first-past-the-post and proportional
representation systems (a third of the 33-seat Karabakh parliament
will be elected from party lists), our correspondent reports.
A total of 127 candidates have been nominated for the 22 seats under
the first-past-the-post system, i.e. an average of six candidates for
one seat, the NKR Central Electoral Commission [CEC] reported. Out of
the 127 candidates, 57 were nominated by parties, and 70 on civil
initiative.
[Passage omitted: minor details]
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun [ARFD] and
Movement-88 are running in the elections in one bloc. Only the
Armenakan Party will not run in the elections under the proportional
representation system, it has put forward a candidate under the
first-past-the-post system.
The election campaign will start on 17 May, and the elections will be
conducted on 19 June.