ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF BY-ELECTIONS, RPA REPRESENTATIVE WINS BY NA MP MAJORITARIAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM IN ELECTORAL CONSTITUENCY 15

Noyan Tapan
Aug 27 2007

YEREVAN, AUGUST 27, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the preliminary results
of the NA MP by-elections held in a majoritarian system in Electoral
Constituency 15 of the Aragatsotn region on August 26, businessman
Khachik Manukian, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia, has
won. 16 121 electors have voted for him. The votes among the other five
candidates have been distributed in the following way: non-partisan
Mnatsakan Mnatsakanian, the Mayor of Talin, has received 10 067 votes,
Gurgen Shahinian, a member of the ARF Dashnaktsutiun, 7 248 votes,
Raffi Hovhannissian, the President and Founder of the Zharangutiun
(Heritage) party and an MP by the NA proportional system, 1 220 votes,
non-partisan Emin Karapetian and Vahagn Petrosian, correspondingly, 518
and 96 votes. 36 394 out of the 60 138 total number of the electoral
constituency, have taken part in the ballot. 1 118 ballot-papers have
been invalidated. The number of inaccuracies makes 58.

According to the information provided to a Noyan Tapan correspondent
by Hovhannes Asatrian, the Chairman of the Constituency Electoral
Commission 15, the commission had received no application-protest by
13:00 on August 27.

It should be mentioned that Khachik Manukian was elected MP by the
results of the May 12 parliamentarian elections as well from the
same electoral constituency, however later he refused to receive the
mandate and by-elections were scheduled in Electoral Constituency 15
for the only vacant MP post. Khachik Manukian is an MP of the National
Assembly of the previous convocation (2003-2007) and the Chairman of
the "Max-Group" concern.