CEC data: 29,36% of voters took part in election as of 2:00 PM

2009-05-31 14:21:00

ArmInfo. According to CEC data, 226 487 people or 29,36% of the Yerevan
residents, being entitled to vote, took part in the election for the
Council of Elders of Yerevan as of 2:00 PM.

To recall, total number of voters, according to the Police data, makes
up 771 477. Total of 439 election precincts are functioning. Six
political parties and one bloc stand in the election. The election are
held on a proportional system, that is, on party lists. The Council of
Elders will consist of 65 members. The first candidate for Yerevan
Elders in the list of the party, which received the majority of votes,
automatically becomes Yerevan Mayor. About 30 local monitoring
organizations, as well as the delegation of CE Congress of Local and
Regional Authorities will monitor the course of voting.