RA CEC SUMMARIZES RESULTS OF ELECTIONS TO RA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BY
PROPORTIONAL ELECTORAL SYSTEM: SMALL DIFFERENCE AS COMPARED WITH
PRELIMINARY DATA
YEREVAN, MAY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. By the protocol of the May 19 sitting,
the RA Central Electoral Commission (CEC) ratified the results of the
May 12 elections to the RA National Assembly. 3 out of 9 members of
the commission refused to sign the protocol – Felix Khachatrian
("Justice" bloc), Zaven Pluzian ("National Unity" party) and Sona
Sargsian ("Orinats Yerkir" party). F. Khachatrian said about the
protocol: "This is a monument at the grave of the Armenian democracy."
At the beginning of the sitting, he expressed his discontent regarding
the essential difference between the preliminary and final data, as
well as the corrections made in the protocols of several precinct
electoral commissions (PEC) and their stamping by the respective
district electoral commissions (DEC), which, in his words, is a
violation of the law. CEC deputy chairman Abram Bakhchagulian
explained that corrections are related to the number of ballots given
by DECs to PECs, and they were brought into line with the receipts of
the ballots given.
According to the protocol of the CEC, 1,391,540 out of the 2,319,722
voters included in the lists participated in the voting in 1,923
polling stations. 38,002 ballots were recognized as invalid. The
total number of valid ballots and ballots with votes in favor of all
23 parties and one bloc makes 1,351,423, the number of inaccuracies –
14,665.
Republican Party of Armenia received 458,258 votes,
"Prosperous Armenia" party – 204,483 votes,
ARF – 177,907 votes,
"Orinats Yerkir" party – 95,324 votes,
"Heritage" party – 81,048 votes,
United Labor Party – 59,271 votes,
"National Unity" party – 49,864 votes,
"New Times" party – 47,060 votes,
People’s party – 37, 044 votes,
"Alliance" party – 32,943 votes,
People’s Party of Armenia – 22,762 votes,
"Republic" party – 22,288 votes,
"Impeachment" bloc – 17,475 votes,
Communist Party of Armenia – 8,792 votes,
National Democratic Party – 8,556 votes,
"Democratic Way" party – 8,351 votes,
"National Concord" party – 4,199 votes,
Democratic Party of Armenia – 3,686 votes,
"Christian People’s Rebirth" party – 3,433 votes,
United Liberal National Party – 2,739 votes,
Marxist Party of Armenia – 2,660 votes,
Youth Party of Armenia – 2,291 votes,
Social-Democratic Hunchak Party – 989 votes.
The RA CEC made a decision on election of the RA NA deputies by the
proportional electoral system with 6 votes in favor, 2 against and one
abstention. Based on this, 41 deputies have been elected from the
Republican Party of Armenia, 18 – from "Prosperous Armenia", 16 – from
ARF, 8 – from "Orinats Yerkir" and 7 – from "Heritage".