AZG Armenian Daily #137, 21/07/2007

Elections in Karabakh

BAKO SAHAKIAN WINS IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN NKR

Bako Sahakian, former head of NKR Security Service, is on course to
become next president of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to the preliminary
results of July 19 presidential election.

Election officials said around 72,000 voters of registered 92,000
had voted before the polls closed at 2000 local time on Thursday. The
poll was declared valid, since turnout was higher than the required
one quarter of registered voters. Bako Sahakian was leading with 85.4
percent of the vote. He was backed by almost 62,000 voters.

Masis Mailyan, Sahakian’s main opponent, received 8,200 votes of 12.9
percent of the vote.