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REPUBLICAN PARTY WINS MAJORITY OF SEATS IN ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT
ITAR-TASS
May 13, 2012 Sunday 08:33 PM GMT+4
Russia
The Republican Party led by President Serzh Sargsyan won the majority
of seats in the Armenian parliament on May 6, the Central Elections
Commission said in a final report posted on Sunday.
The conservatives will hold 69 out of 131 parliament seats, among them
40 won in the proportionate ballot and 29 in majority single-mandate
districts.
The right-centrist Prosperous Armenia led by businessman Gagik
Tsarukian ranks second with 37 parliament seats (28 in the
proportionate ballot and nine in majority single-mandate districts).
The radical opposition block, Armenian National Congress, of
Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrossian (1998-2008) gained
seven parliament seats, all of them in the proportionate ballot.
The Land of Law led by Armenian National Security Council Secretary
Artur Bagdasarian will have six parliament seats, including five gained
in the proportionate ballot and one in a single-mandate district.
The nationalist party Dashnaktsutyun will have the same ranking.
The opposition party Heritage led by first foreign minister of
independent Armenia, former U.S. citizen Raffi Ovanesian, will have
five parliament seats.
One independent candidate won in a single-mandate electoral district.
The Communist Party, the Democratic Party and United Armenians failed
to pass the 5% election threshold and will have no parliament seats.
More than 600 international and 30,000 domestic observers watched
the ballot. Foreign monitors said the election was normal and well
governed, while the opposition reported a number of violations.
ITAR-TASS
May 13, 2012 Sunday 08:33 PM GMT+4
Russia
The Republican Party led by President Serzh Sargsyan won the majority
of seats in the Armenian parliament on May 6, the Central Elections
Commission said in a final report posted on Sunday.
The conservatives will hold 69 out of 131 parliament seats, among them
40 won in the proportionate ballot and 29 in majority single-mandate
districts.
The right-centrist Prosperous Armenia led by businessman Gagik
Tsarukian ranks second with 37 parliament seats (28 in the
proportionate ballot and nine in majority single-mandate districts).
The radical opposition block, Armenian National Congress, of
Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrossian (1998-2008) gained
seven parliament seats, all of them in the proportionate ballot.
The Land of Law led by Armenian National Security Council Secretary
Artur Bagdasarian will have six parliament seats, including five gained
in the proportionate ballot and one in a single-mandate district.
The nationalist party Dashnaktsutyun will have the same ranking.
The opposition party Heritage led by first foreign minister of
independent Armenia, former U.S. citizen Raffi Ovanesian, will have
five parliament seats.
One independent candidate won in a single-mandate electoral district.
The Communist Party, the Democratic Party and United Armenians failed
to pass the 5% election threshold and will have no parliament seats.
More than 600 international and 30,000 domestic observers watched
the ballot. Foreign monitors said the election was normal and well
governed, while the opposition reported a number of violations.