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ACCORDING TO YEREVAN COUNCIL OF ELDERS ELECTIONS PRELIMINARY RESULTS, RPA, BH AND ANC OVERCOME MINIMUM BARRIER
Noyan Tapan
June 1, 2009
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Central Electoral Commission,
on June 1, summed up the preliminary results of Yerevan Council of
Elders elections held the day before taking as a basis the voting
results at polling stations. 7 out of 8 CEC members signed the
protocol. Zoya Tadevosian representing Zharangutiun refused to sign it.
According to the protocol, 412 464 voters took part in voting at all
439 polling stations. The total number of valid ballot papers is 401
310, 10 493 ballot papers were invalidated. The number of inaccuracies
is 2 104.
The Republican Party of Armenia received 190 171 votes, the Bargavach
Hayastan party 91 141 votes, the Armenian National Congress bloc 69
871 votes, the Orinats Yerkir 20 959 votes, the ARFD 18 648 votes,
the People's Party 8 569 votes, the Labor Socialist Party of Armenia
1 951 votes.
CEC will finally sum up the May 31 elections by June 7.
The mandates of 65 elders will be distributed among electoral rolls
of political forces overcoming the minimum barrier established by
the Electoral Code, according to the number of ballot papers voted
for each of them. The parties, the ballot papers voted for each will
make at least 7% of the sum of the total number of valid ballot papers
and number of inaccuracies will receive a mandate, and if a bloc ran
for the elections, the minimum barrier for it makes 9%.
According to the preliminary election results, RPA, BH and ANC overcome
the minimum barrier. RPA received 47.3%, BH 22.7%, ANC 17.4%, OYP 5.2%,
ARFD 4.7%, PP 2.2%, LSPA 0.5% votes.
Noyan Tapan
June 1, 2009
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Central Electoral Commission,
on June 1, summed up the preliminary results of Yerevan Council of
Elders elections held the day before taking as a basis the voting
results at polling stations. 7 out of 8 CEC members signed the
protocol. Zoya Tadevosian representing Zharangutiun refused to sign it.
According to the protocol, 412 464 voters took part in voting at all
439 polling stations. The total number of valid ballot papers is 401
310, 10 493 ballot papers were invalidated. The number of inaccuracies
is 2 104.
The Republican Party of Armenia received 190 171 votes, the Bargavach
Hayastan party 91 141 votes, the Armenian National Congress bloc 69
871 votes, the Orinats Yerkir 20 959 votes, the ARFD 18 648 votes,
the People's Party 8 569 votes, the Labor Socialist Party of Armenia
1 951 votes.
CEC will finally sum up the May 31 elections by June 7.
The mandates of 65 elders will be distributed among electoral rolls
of political forces overcoming the minimum barrier established by
the Electoral Code, according to the number of ballot papers voted
for each of them. The parties, the ballot papers voted for each will
make at least 7% of the sum of the total number of valid ballot papers
and number of inaccuracies will receive a mandate, and if a bloc ran
for the elections, the minimum barrier for it makes 9%.
According to the preliminary election results, RPA, BH and ANC overcome
the minimum barrier. RPA received 47.3%, BH 22.7%, ANC 17.4%, OYP 5.2%,
ARFD 4.7%, PP 2.2%, LSPA 0.5% votes.