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OSCE/ODIHR releases report on Armenian Parliamentary Elections - REPORT
05 April 2017
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The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) released a report on the 2017 Parliamentary Elections in Armenia on April 3.
According to the report, the voting process was assessed negatively in 12 per cent of observations by the IEOM observers. This was primarily due to overcrowding in 26 per cent of observations, poor queue control (12 per cent) and voters having difficulties in understanding voting procedures (35 per cent). Although procedures were generally followed, voters did not always vote in secret (2 per cent) and group voting, including family voting, was noted in 10 per cent of observations. IEOM observers noted some cases of serious violations, including attempts to influence voters for whom to vote in 7 per cent of observations, proxy voting (2 per cent), and the same person accompanying multiple voters in voting booths (3 per cent). A significant number of polling stations (69 per cent) were not accessible to persons with disabilities.
