SERZH SARGSYAN LEADS WITH A HUGE GAP

Panorama.am
19:43 09/02/2008

Serzh Sargsyan, Armenia’s Prime Minister, leads the race of
presidential campaign in Armenia, says Andrew Cooper, directors of
British "Populus" polling company. According to the "Populus" data,
50.7% of the Armenian adults would vote for him, if the elections were
to take place tomorrow. Sargsyan leads with a strong gap. According
to the same data, Arthur Baghdasaryan, from the "Orinats Yerkir"
opposition party is the second, with 13.4%. Levon Ter-Petrosyan,
the former president of Armenia is the third (12.6%).

Results for 6 other candidates are below 10%.

Today was the last day for the presidential nominees to withdraw
their candidacies. According to the Central Electoral Committee,
all 9 candidates continue their presidential race.

Poll shows, that since last year, Armenian voters have become
more hopeful about the future – for the country and for them – and
increasingly think Armenia is moving in the right direction. The number
of optimists increased for 10%, since April 2007 (form 43% to 53%).

Nationally representative survey conducted between January 21^st –
29^th 2008. 1,500 Armenian adults interviewed face-to-face, yielding
data with a margin of error of 2.6% (at 95% confidence). The poll
was commissioned by Armenia Public TV & Radio.

Populus is one of Britain’s leading polling companies, with a strong
record of accuracy in election polls. At the last UK election,
Populus had an average error of just 0.25%.

Populus conducts voting polls for a wide range of high profile
clients, including BBC, The Times, Conservatives, Labour, and Liberal-
Democrats.