Yerevan elections in line with European standards: observers

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02.06.2009, 00:40

The Yerevan city Council elections were in line with European standards, said Nigel Mermagen, head of the monitoring group from the CE Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.

YEREVAN, June 1. /ARKA/. The Yerevan city Council elections were in line with European standards, said Nigel Mermagen, head of the monitoring group from the CE Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.

He said the CE observers hailed the transparent polls on Sunday.
According to the preliminary results, the Republican Party of Armenia received 190,171 votes (47.39%) followed by coalition Prospering Party of Armenia with 91,141 votes (22.71%) and the oppositional Armenian National Congress that obtained 69,871 votes (17.41%).

The votes received by the remaining parties were below the 7% level and are not to be considered for the seats in the City Council.

Orinats Yerkir party received 20,959 votes (5.22%), Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutiun – 18,648 votes (4.65%), People’s Party – 8,569 votes (2.14%), People’s Socialistic Party of Armenia – 1,951 votes (0.49%).

Out of 771,477 electors 412,464 participated in the vote. The Yerevan City Council elections were scheduled for May 31. –0--

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