Polls closed, vote count underway in Armenia’s Parliamentary elections

Polling stations closed at 20:00 local time across Armenia in 14 electoral districts with four of them constituted in capital Yerevan and 9 - in Armenian provinces. The elections were held under proportional system in which voters cast ballots to elect deputies to the National Assembly from 9 political forces, including 4 blocs and 5 parties.

The ruling Republic Party of Armenia (RPA), the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF-Dashnaktsutyun), the Armenian Renaissance party, the Armenian Communist party and the Party of Free Liberals along with “Tsarukyan”, “Yelq” (Exit), “Armenian National Congress – HZhK”, “Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian” (ORO) political blocs are running in the elections.

According to the Central Election Commission (CEC) most recent update, as of 17:00, 1.317.936 citizens have cast ballots in the parliamentary elections, accounting for 50.93%