BAKO SAHAKYAN WINS NKR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ACCORDING TO CEC PRELIMINARY DATA

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.07.2007 13:26 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According to the preliminary data provided by the NKR
CEC, 71 285 voters (77,36% of 92 152 registered voters) participated in
the presidential elections. Bako Sahakyan is leading with 57 828 votes
(85,42%). He is followed by former Deputy FM Masis Mailyan with 8 270
votes (12, 21%). NKR MP Armen Abgaryan is the third with 856 votes
(1,26%).

Communist Hrant Melkumyan garnered 539 votes (0,8%).

Lecturer Vanya Avansyan concludes the list with 22 votes (0,3%).

NKR CEC chairman Sergey Nasibyan said the data will be processed till
8 p.m. July 20, IA Regnum reports.

However, the further counting of votes will have little influence
on the outcomes of the elections, for Bako Sahakyan has passed much
ahead of the other contenders. Thus, we can say that Nagorno Karabakh
elected the new President – former Director of the National Security
Service Bako Sahakyan. His election program was social-oriented. When
asked whether the government will change if he is elected President,
he used to say "Yes".