Armenian premier leader of Populus - conducted post-election poll
27.02.2008,
22:24
RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan is the leader of a post-election poll conducted by the Populus Company (Great Britain).
YEREVAN, February 27. /ARKA-Novosti-Armenia/. RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan is the leader of a post-election poll conducted by the Populus Company (Great Britain).
Strategic Director of the Populus Company Andrew Cooper reported that, responding to the question “Who did you vote for in the presidential election?”, 53% of the respondents said that they cast their votes for Serge Sargsyan, 20% for Levon Ter-Petrosyan, 13% for Chairman of the Country of Law party Artur Baghdasaryan.
Cooper pointed out 2% difference between the Populus poll results and the official information reported by the RA Central Electoral Commission (CEC).
He also reported that young people showed the best results in favor of Serge Sargsyan – 59% of Armenia’s young people aged 18-24 voted for the RA Premier. Responded aged 65 showed 38%.
Cooper said that 49% of the respondents made their minds before the election campaign, 36% at the beginning of the campaign and 15% towards the end of it.
The poll was conducted on February 21-24 and involved 1,500 respondents.
According to the final results published by the RA CEC, Serge Sargsyan received 52.82% of votes and was elected Armenia’s president. Armenia’s ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan received 21.5% of votes, followed by Chairman of the Country of Law Party Artur Baghdasaryan (17.7%), ARF Board member Vahan Hovhannisyan (6.2%), Chairman of the National Democratic Union Vazgen Manukyan (1.3%), Chairman of the People’s Party Tigran Karapetyan (0.6%), Chairman of the National Unity Party Artashes Geghamyan (0.46%), former Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Arman Melikyan 0.27%, Chairman of the National Unity Party Aram Harutyunyan (0.17%).
Populus is one of the leading sociological organizations in Great Britain. In the recent elections in Great Britain the Populus-conducted polls showed 0.25% errors. –0--
Strategic Director of the Populus Company Andrew Cooper reported that, responding to the question “Who did you vote for in the presidential election?”, 53% of the respondents said that they cast their votes for Serge Sargsyan, 20% for Levon Ter-Petrosyan, 13% for Chairman of the Country of Law party Artur Baghdasaryan.
Cooper pointed out 2% difference between the Populus poll results and the official information reported by the RA Central Electoral Commission (CEC).
He also reported that young people showed the best results in favor of Serge Sargsyan – 59% of Armenia’s young people aged 18-24 voted for the RA Premier. Responded aged 65 showed 38%.
Cooper said that 49% of the respondents made their minds before the election campaign, 36% at the beginning of the campaign and 15% towards the end of it.
The poll was conducted on February 21-24 and involved 1,500 respondents.
According to the final results published by the RA CEC, Serge Sargsyan received 52.82% of votes and was elected Armenia’s president. Armenia’s ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan received 21.5% of votes, followed by Chairman of the Country of Law Party Artur Baghdasaryan (17.7%), ARF Board member Vahan Hovhannisyan (6.2%), Chairman of the National Democratic Union Vazgen Manukyan (1.3%), Chairman of the People’s Party Tigran Karapetyan (0.6%), Chairman of the National Unity Party Artashes Geghamyan (0.46%), former Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Arman Melikyan 0.27%, Chairman of the National Unity Party Aram Harutyunyan (0.17%).
Populus is one of the leading sociological organizations in Great Britain. In the recent elections in Great Britain the Populus-conducted polls showed 0.25% errors. –0--
