PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, MAY 12, ARMENPRESS: Parliamentary elections are being held today in Armenia. The head of the Armenian Central Election Commission Garegin Azarian said today that from 08:00 a.m. the polling stations across the country have been opened and all the eligible voters, whose number reaches to 2 million 285,830, will be able to vote until 09:00 p.m.
According to the Electoral Code, on the voting day the Central Election Commission starting from 12:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. every three hours will be publicizing information about the number of citizens who participated in the elections as well as about complaints.
Twenty-two parties and one alliance are fighting for 90 seats in the National Assembly, contested under the proportional election system and 119 individual candidates will be contesting for 41 seats under the majoritarian system in single-mandate constituencies.
About 700 observers from 6 international organizations and 52 local organizations with about 13,000 observers are following the pace of elections.
The Central Election Commission will sum up the results of the elections on May 13.