ACCORDING TO INITIAL INFORMATION 76.25 PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS PARTICIPATED IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN KARABAKH

ARMENPRESS
Jul 19 2007

STEPANAKERT, JULY 19, ARMENPRESS: At 20:00 p.m. presidential elections
in Nagorno Karabakh ended.

According to the initial information publicized by the head of the
Central Electoral Commission Sergey Nasibian, as of 20:00 p.m. 76.25
percent of eligible voters participated in the elections, i.e. 77,235
from 92,117.

Initially 91,166 voters have been registered in the list about 800
citizens were included in the voting lists by documents provided by
passport departments, other 39 people restored their voting right
through court.

In the capital of Karabakh Stepanakert 64.6 percent of the voters
participated in the elections, in Askeran region 77.58 percent, in
Shahumian region 96.35 percent, in Shoushi 83.64, in Kashatagh 85.88.

In Yerevan, in the building of Karabakh representation in Armenia,
242 citizens of Karabakh came to vote.

According to the Karabakh Electoral code, the elections are considered
valid in case 25 percent of eligible voters participate in the
voting. The initial results will be summed up in 24 hours after the
elections and final results 72 hours after the elections.

The five candidates participating in the ballot are Bako Sahakian,
Masis Maylian, parliament deputy Armen Abgarian; Nagorno-Karabakh
Communist Party leader Hrant Melkumian; and Vanya Avanesian, a
professor at Artsakh State University.