Stratfor
May 13 2007
Armenia: Election Results
May 13, 2007 14 20 GMT
Armenia’s Central Election Commission said May 13 that five parties
have been elected to parliament. According to election results, the
Republican Party of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisyan received 33.8
percent of the vote, Prosperous Armenia gained 15.1 percent and
Dashnaktsutyun received 13.1 percent; opposition parties Orinats
Yerkir and Heritage got 7 percent and 6 percent, respectively. More
than 2 million voters cast their ballots in the May 12 legislative
polls, in which 21 parties and one coalition were competing for 131
seats.