ACCORDING PRELIMINARY DATA, BAKO SAHAKYAN LEADING IN NKR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.07.2007 00:10 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According preliminary data provided by the NKR
CEC by midnight, ex-Director of the NKR National Security Service
Bako Sahakyan is leading in NKR presidential election with 87% of
votes. He was backed by 17933 voters. Former Deputy Foreign Minister
Masis Mailyan garnered 11,22% (2137 votes). Leader of Artsakhi
Communist Party, head of the Control Service of the NKR Government’s
Administration Hrant Melkumyan received 0,82% (173 votes), NKR NA
member Armen Abgaryan – 0,5% (102 votes), lecturer at the Artsakh
State University professor Vanya Avanesyan – 0,32% (66 votes). By
the moment votes have been counted in 80 out of 279 polling stations.