LATEST GALLUP POLL SAYS PRIME MINISTER SARKISIAN ENJOYS 43 PERCENT VOTER SUPPORT
ARMENPRESS
Jan 31, 2008
YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, ARMENPRESS: If Armenian presidential election
were held next Sunday 43 percent of voters would cast their ballots
in favor of prime minister Serzh Sarkisian, according to findings of
a latest public opinion poll commissioned by the Gallup Organization.
Compared with the previous poll, conducted last December, Serzh
Sarkisian has won over an extra 8 percent of popular support.
A former parliament chairman Arthur Baghdasarian, nominated by his
opposition Country of Law party, would come second with 11 percent
of votes and Artashes Geghamian, head of the National Unity, would
come third garnering 6 percent of all votes.
The amount of popular support to other presidential candidates, as
found by the poll is not known yet as none of them made public any
relevant figure.
The poll also asked 1,200 randomly selected respondents to say what
they think about the country’s development. Forty-nine percent are
sure that the country is on the right track, but a sizeable 43 percent
said it was on the wrong one.
Forty-five percent think the country’s economy is developing while
17 percent do not think so. The poll ahs found also some 80 percent
of eligible voters are expected to go to polling stations on February
19 to elect their new president.