ACTIVITY OF VOTERS AT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN KARABAKH AMOUNTS TO 76.25%

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 19 2007

YEREVAN. July 19. /ARKA/. Activity of voters at the presidential
elections in Nagorno-Karabakh amounted to 76.25%, Chairman of the
NKR Central Election Committee Sergey Nasibyan told reporters.

He said that according to interim data, of 92,117 voters 70,235 people
went to the polls. He believes that citizens’ participation in the
elections exceeded all expectations. "Three fourth of voters actively
participated in the presidential elections," Nasibyan reported. He
pointed out that low participation was recorded in Stepanakert – 64.6%.

According to him, some inactivity of the capital’s voters is due to
the fact that many are registered in the lists, however, in fact,
they work outside the NKR in Armenia or CIS countries. Exactly at
20:00 all polling stations closed in Nagorno-Karabakh.

According to a reporter from the Novosti-Armenia news agency in
Stepanakert, observers reported that the elections were held properly,
without considerable violations.

The NKR people has elected their president for the fourth time today.

There were five presidential candidates: Bako Sahakyan (former Head
of NKR National Security Service), Masis Mailyan (Deputy Foreign
Minister), Armen Abgaryan (NKR MP), Vanya Avanesyan (teacher at
the Artsakh State University), and Hrant Melkumyan (Leader of the
Communist Party of NKR, Head of the NKR government’s Supervision
Office).