ACCORDING TO INITIAL RESULTS A. HAKOBJANIAN ELECTED MAYOR OF SISIAN, ELECTIONS OF HEADS OF COMMUNITY IN TEGH AND KHOZNAVAR RECOGNIZED INVALID

ARMENPRESS
Oct 17, 2008

GORIS, OCTOBER 17, ARMENPRESS: N37 Electoral constituency, which
includes the regions of Goris and Sisian of the Armenian province of
Syunik, recognized the October 12 elections of heads of community in
Tegh and Khoznavar invalid.

An official from N37 Electoral constituency told Armenpress that in
village Tegh there was three votes’ difference between the candidates
and the number of inaccuracies – 4, which served as a basis for
recognizing the elections invalid. In case of Khoznavar community there
were pen signs on the majority of polling bulletins. Re-election of
the same nominated candidates will be held in two mentioned communities
on November 2.

N37 Electoral constituency re-calculated the polling bulletins of the
elections of head of Sisian community. The re-calculation lasted for
two days with the participation of the head of the Armenian Central
Electoral Commission Garegin Azarian.

In Sisian there was 61 votes’ difference between the two
candidates. The majority of votes got Aghasi Hakobjanian from
Prosperous Armenia Party – 2,002 votes, and Tigran Petrosian from
Armenian Revolutionary Federation got 1,941 votes. The number of
inaccuracies in the elections reached 188.

According to the Aghasi Hakobjanian’s application, the Electoral
constituency re-calculated the polling bulletins and the number
of inaccuracies reduced to 57, and based on this the Electoral
constituency recognized the elections of mayor of Sisian valid.

Thus, according to primary results, Aghasi Hakobjanian has been
elected mayor of Sisian.