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PROSPEROUS ARMENIA RELISHES SUCCESS AS REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT SUFFERS DEFEAT IN IJEVAN MAYORAL ELECTION
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Politics | 14.11.11 | 12:20
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Mayor of Ijevan Varuzhan Nersisyan, a member of the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia (RPA), has suffered a defeat in elections after 13
years of staying at the head of the municipal authorities in this
provincial town.
According to preliminary data, in the Sunday vote Nersisyan polled
only 38 percent of the vote, while Vardan Galumyan, a representative
of the RPA's junior government coalition partner, Prosperous Armenia
Party (PAP), was backed by 57 percent of the voters.
A total of 8,810 people went to the polls in Ijevan, in Armenia's
northern Tavush region, making it a 65-percent voter turnout, which
is considered high for local elections.
The RPA and the PAP, who cooperate in the current government, are also
expected to become uncompromising opponents in upcoming parliamentary
elections.
PAP representative Vardan Bostanjyan told media last week his party
will win a majority if "equal conditions" were ensured in the vote
slated for next May. Through a spokesman the RPA disparaged the
comment.
http://armenianow.com/news/politics/33188/armenia_ijevan_prosperous_armenia_republicans
Politics | 14.11.11 | 12:20
Photo: www.wikipedia.org
Mayor of Ijevan Varuzhan Nersisyan, a member of the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia (RPA), has suffered a defeat in elections after 13
years of staying at the head of the municipal authorities in this
provincial town.
According to preliminary data, in the Sunday vote Nersisyan polled
only 38 percent of the vote, while Vardan Galumyan, a representative
of the RPA's junior government coalition partner, Prosperous Armenia
Party (PAP), was backed by 57 percent of the voters.
A total of 8,810 people went to the polls in Ijevan, in Armenia's
northern Tavush region, making it a 65-percent voter turnout, which
is considered high for local elections.
The RPA and the PAP, who cooperate in the current government, are also
expected to become uncompromising opponents in upcoming parliamentary
elections.
PAP representative Vardan Bostanjyan told media last week his party
will win a majority if "equal conditions" were ensured in the vote
slated for next May. Through a spokesman the RPA disparaged the
comment.