Pashinyan’s party gains right to independently form cabinet: results of Armenian elections

YEREVAN, June 8. /TASS/. The ruling Civil Contract party of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, according to preliminary data from the Central Election Commission based on all 2,005 polling stations, is receiving 49.81% of the vote in the parliamentary elections.

At the same time, it gains the right to unilaterally form the country’s cabinet.

- The ruling Civil Contract party of Pashinyan, according to preliminary data from the Central Election Commission based on all 2,005 polling stations, is receiving 49.81% of the vote.

- It gains the right to unilaterally form the country’s cabinet, since under the law parties that receive the majority of votes are allocated additional mandates for the republic’s national minorities.

- The bloc of businessman Samvel Karapetyan, Strong Armenia, is receiving 23.29%, while the bloc of former President Robert Kocharyan, Armenia, is receiving 9.94%.

- The Prosperous Armenia party of businessman Gagik Tsarukyan does not enter the Armenian parliament, as according to updated preliminary data from the Central Election Commission it received 3.996% of the vote, the head of the CEC, Vaagn Hovakimyan, said at a press conference.

- He noted that the data were slightly adjusted as they previously did not include results from electronic voting.

- The situation in the Armenian capital the day after the parliamentary elections is calm, a TASS correspondent reports.

- Pashinyan declared the victory of his political force in the parliamentary elections.

- According to him, under his leadership the country intends to continue its course toward closer ties with the EU while maintaining membership in the EAEU.

- At the same time, Pashinyan emphasized that the republic is not yet prepared to become a member of the European Union.

- He suggested that the people could vote against EU membership in a referendum, while the government’s task is only to create an alternative for choice.

- The parliamentary elections in Armenia on June 7 were held in accordance with the constitution, were open and competitive, said Nurlan Seitimov, head of the CIS observer mission.

- According to him, no violations during the parliamentary elections that could have affected the results were identified by the CIS observer mission.

- Seitimov noted that on election day the mission visited more than 850 polling stations in 10 regions of Armenia.

- He also stated that parties and candidates in Armenia were provided with broad and equal opportunities for campaigning.

- Voting in the parliamentary elections in Armenia concluded on June 7 at 8 p.m