Pashinyan`s party leads with 51.13% based on vote counts from 533 polling stations

ArmInfo.The Central Electoral Commission of Armenia presented the count results from 533 polling stations, where 246,476 citizens voted, according to which Nikol Pashinyan’s ruling "Civil Contract" party received 51.13% or 124,471 votes.

According to the data from the online board of the CEC of Armenia, Samvel Karapetyan’s "Strong Armenia" alliance received 23.34% or 56,823 votes, the second president Robert Kocharyan’s "Armenia" alliance got 9.76% or 23,763 votes, and businessman Gagik Tsarukyan’s "Prosperous Armenia" party obtained 4.09% or 9,960 votes.

The remaining candidates currently have results below the required threshold. The voter turnout reached 58.97%. By 20:00 local time, 1,476,597 citizens had voted across the country out of approximately 2,505,228 eligible voters. A total of 2,005 polling stations were open.

In the previous extraordinary parliamentary elections in Armenia, held on June 20, 2021, the voter turnout was 49.41%, or 1,281,911 individuals out of 2,593,572 eligible citizens.

Minutes earlier, the Prime Minister of Armenia issued a statement declaring his victory in the elections, emphasizing that his political force would form the government single-handedly.