EX DIRECTOR OF NSS LEADING IN NKR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
July 20 2007

Presidential elections in Nagorno-Karabakh are over. All polling
stations closed at 8 p.m.

According to the information received at NKR CEC, about 29 % of
bulletins had been processed by 12 p. m. According to preliminary data,
87, 14 % of the electors voted for former Director of NKR National
Security Service Bako Sahakian, while 11, 2 % of constituents voted
for his principal contender NKR Deputy FM Masis Mailian.

76, 25% of voters participated in the elections. According to NKR
Electoral Code, the final results of the voting will be announced
within 3 days.