Almost 60% of the leading party is acting Prime Minister Nikola Pashinyan, followed by a bloc of his main rival, ex-president Robert Kocharian “Armenia” – 18.14%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – June 21, 2021 \u2013 Diplomatic Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Acting party The Prime Minister <\/a>of Armenia Nikola Pashinyan is leading in last week’s early parliamentary elections with 59.49% of the vote, in the bloc of ex-President Robert Kocharian “Armenia” – 18.14%. This is evidenced by CEC data after processing ballots from 437 polling stations out of 2,008 (21.7%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the moment, only the political forces of Pashinyan and Kocharyan are overcoming the electoral barrier, which is 5% for parties and 7% for blocs. Former President Serzh Sargsyan’s bloc is receiving 5.63% of the vote<\/a>, while businessman Gagik Tsarukyan’s Prosperous Armenia party is gaining 4.78%. The remaining parties and blocs do not have three percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Yerevan, where about a third of the country’s voters voted, ballots from 18 polling stations were counted. According to these polling stations, Pashinyan’s party leads with 41.97%, in Kocharyan’s bloc – 27.14%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia reported 319 appeals concerning election violations. According to her representative Edgar Arsenyan, 150 of them have signs of a crime. \u201cSix criminal cases have been instituted each, the participants of which are connected with bribes. 144 cases are aimed at investigation and preparation of documents, \u201dthe statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pashinyan, then prime minister, announced early elections <\/a>in March. To resign early, he resigned in late April and became acting prime minister. President Armen Sargsyan signed a decree on holding early elections, calling them for June 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The main rivals in the last elections are Pashinyan and Kocharyan. At the time of the snap election, Pashinyan’s My Step bloc was ahead of other political forces in popularity, with almost 32% of those polled ready to vote for it, and about 6% ahead of Kocharyan’s Armenia bloc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, before the election, the situation changed and the ratings of opponents were almost equal: 23.8% of respondents were ready to vote for Pashinyan’s bloc, and 24.1% for Kocharyan’s bloc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Extraordinary parliamentary elections were held in Armenia today. Polling stations<\/a> were opened throughout the country. Voters had to choose between 21 political parties and four-party alliances within 12 hours. This election was marked by a record number of opponents in elections in the history of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n