In terms of transparency of elections, Armenia surpassed some Western countries, head of the CIS observer mission Sergey Lebedev told a press conference in Yerevan, speaking about parliamentary elections held on Sunday, April 2.
“Elections were held in accordance with the constitution, the electoral code and were generally in line with democratic norms,” Lebedev said.
“In terms of openness and transparency of elections, our colleagues in Armenia surpassed some Western countries that are trying to teach their election practices to us.”
Lebedev added that the Armenian election experience will be studied in the CIS space.
Four political forces are making it to the Armenian National Assembly, according to results calculated in 2005 polling stations.
The Republican Party has secured 768,945 votes or 49.15% of all the ballots, Tsarukyan bloc has 428,120 votes or 27.37%, YELQ – 121,652 or 7.78%, ARF Dashnaktsutyun – 102,938 votes or 6.58%, Armenian Renaissance party – 58,139 votes or 3.72%, Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian bloc – 32,423 votes or 2.07%, the Free Democrats – 14,690 votes or 0.94%, and the Communist party – 11,707 votes or 0.75%.
According to preliminary data provided by the Central Electoral Commission, 1,574,947 out of 2,557,706 (60.86%) eligible voters cast ballots Sunday, April 2.
Nine political forces, including 4 blocs and 5 parties were running for seats at the National Assembly.
