All 439 polling stations open for voting from 08:00 in Yerevan

YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. All 439 polling stations opened for
voting from 08:00, May 31, in Yerevan Council of Elders elections.
According to the data of the RA Police Passport and Visa Department,
771 477 citizens are on the lists.

In total 5 953 representatives of 29 local NGOs and 15 representatives
of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Territorial Authorities
were accredited at the RA Central Electoral Commission in the
established term for carrying out an observation mission. Proxies of
seven political forces running for the elections, media representatives
also have a possibility to follow the process of elections.

CEC will publicize the number of voting participants with the
periodicity of 3 hours. The voting will last until 20:00. CEC will sum
up and will record the elections preliminary results on the basis of
voting results at polling stations on June 1, up to 20:00. The results
will be finally summed up by June 7.

It should be mentioned that a Council of Elders consisting of 65
members is for the first time elected in Yerevan, and Yerevan Mayor
will be elected from the staff of Council of Elders.