Armenia's ruling party names board members

On September 20, Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party elected its new governing board and chairman. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was re-elected as party chairman.

The board includes 20 members, chosen through a ranked vote by party delegates. According to the rules, no more than 15 members can be of the same gender, with at least five seats reserved for the opposite gender.

The following were elected to the board:

1. Nikol Pashinyan – 826 votes

2. Gevorg Papoyan – 707

3. Vahagn Aleksanyan – 688

4. Suren Papikyan – 665

5. Hayk Konjoryan – 648

6. Arayik Harutyunyan – 625

7. Ruben Rubinyan – 606

8. Arsen Torosyan – 596

9. Romanos Petrosyan – 567

10. Davit Khudatyan – 562

11. Alen Simonyan – 527

12. Alkhas Ghazaryan – 513

13. Arusyak Julhakyan – 439

14. Vilen Gabrielyan – 435

15. Hasmik Hakobyan – 434

16. Gnel Sanosyan – 432

17. Tigran Avinyan – 422

18. Armen Khachatryan – 420

19. Nazeli Baghdasaryan – 416

20. Arusyak Manavazyan – 405

Out of 974 eligible delegates, 917 participated in the vote. The party reported 838 valid ballots for the board election, with 78 declared invalid.