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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SARGSYAN WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Qatar News Agency
February 19, 2013 Tuesday 6:58 AM EST
Yerevan, February 19 (QNA) - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has
won Armenia's presidential election which conducted on Monday with
over 58% of the vote, according to official results announced by the
country's Central Election Commission (CEC) on Tuesday.
The CEC said tallies from all 1,988 polling stations showed Sargsyan
in the first place with 861,167 or 58.64% of the votes followed by
US-born former foreign minister Raffi Hovhannisyan with 539,672 or
36.75% of the votes.
With voter turnout slightly over 60%, or 1,518,000 people, the current
count guarantees Sargsyan a certain victory in the first round and
reelection for the second five-year term in office, (RIA Novosti)
reported.
The polling started on Monday. Seven candidates ran for the presidency.
Sargsyan, 59, focused his election campaign on populist promises to
fight poverty and unemployment as well as to maintain a tough stance
in Armenia's long-running territorial disputes with neighboring Turkey
and Azerbaijan. (QNA)
Qatar News Agency
February 19, 2013 Tuesday 6:58 AM EST
Yerevan, February 19 (QNA) - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has
won Armenia's presidential election which conducted on Monday with
over 58% of the vote, according to official results announced by the
country's Central Election Commission (CEC) on Tuesday.
The CEC said tallies from all 1,988 polling stations showed Sargsyan
in the first place with 861,167 or 58.64% of the votes followed by
US-born former foreign minister Raffi Hovhannisyan with 539,672 or
36.75% of the votes.
With voter turnout slightly over 60%, or 1,518,000 people, the current
count guarantees Sargsyan a certain victory in the first round and
reelection for the second five-year term in office, (RIA Novosti)
reported.
The polling started on Monday. Seven candidates ran for the presidency.
Sargsyan, 59, focused his election campaign on populist promises to
fight poverty and unemployment as well as to maintain a tough stance
in Armenia's long-running territorial disputes with neighboring Turkey
and Azerbaijan. (QNA)