CEC OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED SERZH SARKISIAN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA
Mediamax
February 25, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia
summed up on February 24 the final data of the presidential elections,
according to which Serzh Sarkisian is elected President of Armenia,
having gained 862 369 votes (52.82%).
Mediamax reports that the second place is occupied by the Ex-President
of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosian, who gained 351 222 votes (21,5%).
Then the distributions of electors’ votes has the following look:
Chairman of "Orinats Yerkir" party Artur Baghdasarian – 272 427 votes
(17,7%), Member of "Dashnaktsutiun" Party Bureau Vahan Hovhannissian
– 100 966 votes (6,2%), Chairman of the National-Democratic Union
Vazgen Manukian – 21 075 votes (1,3%), Leader of People’s Party Tigran
Karapetian – 9 792 votes (0,6%), Chairman of "National Unification"
party Artashes Geghamian – 7 524 votes (0,46%), Ex-Foreign Minister of
Nagorno-Karabakh Arman Melikian – 4 399 votes (0,27%) and Chairman of
"National Consent" party Aram Harutiunian – 2 892 votes (0,17%).
Levon Ter-Petrosian continues contesting the election results. On
February 24, he stated during a rally that he gained over 65% of the
electors’ votes. It is expected that today Levon Ter-Petrosian will
turn to the Constitutional Court, where he will contest the results
of the elections.