Parliamentary elections over in Armenia - all polling stations are closed

  03 April 2017    Read: 6562
Parliamentary elections over in Armenia - all polling stations are closed
All the polling stations in Armenia are closed by 20:00. The parliamentary elections are over. The commissions will start counting the votes. “Armenpress” reports 1 million 317 thousand and 936 out of the total 2 million 587 thousand and 706 eligible citizens or 50.93% cast their vote by 17:00(UTC/GMT+4), AzVision.az reports citing the Armenian media.
The process of the National Assembly elections are covered by 120 media outlets (89 local and 31 international) and 55 observer organizations follow the process.

9 political forces compete in the parliamentary elections, the first after the Constitutional changes of 2015 transforming Armenia’s governance system from semi-presidential into parliamentary. 5 of the forces are parties, 4 are blocs. The Republican Party of Armenia, Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Armenian Renaissance Party, Free Democrats and Communist Party of Armenia, as well as Yelk, Tsarukyan, Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanyan and Congress-PPA coalitions are the 9 forces running for the elections.

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