RIA Novosti, Russia
May 13 2007

Ruling party set to win Armenia’s parliamentary poll
11:45 | 13/ 05/ 2007

YEREVAN, May 13 (RIA Novosti) – The ruling Republican Party and other
pro-presidential parties have won a majority of votes in Armenia’s
parliamentary elections, the ex-Soviet nation’s election commission
said Sunday, giving preliminary results.

The voting results from 1,474 out of 1,923 polling stations showed
that the Republican Party led by Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisyan was
far ahead in the parliamentary poll, followed by the pro-presidential
Prosperous Armenia and Dashnatsutyun, the election commission said.

More than 2 million Armenians voted May 12 in Armenia’s fourth
elections since the South Caucasus country gained independence in
1991, with twenty-two parties and one election bloc running for 131
seats in the parliament.

The opposition Heritage Party also cleared the 5% barrier at the
elections to the national parliament, the election commission said.

At the same time, the opposition parties New Times, Republic and
Impeachment said the voting was falsified and considerably affected
the poll results.