RPA files 67 MP mandate renouncement applications to CEC

PanARMENIAN.Net - 67 members of the electoral list of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) submitted applications on parliamentary mandate renouncement to Central Electoral Commission of Armenia (CEC), CEC spokesperson said.

In conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net Hermine Harutyunyan named only RPA leader, President Serzh Sargsyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan among those having renounced MP seats.

She said she will give the names of other RPA members a little later after she familiarizes herself with all of the applications submitted.

The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) took a decisive victory at the parliamentary elections on May 6 gaining 44,02% of votes.

The coalition Prosperous Armenia party comes second with 30,12% of votes and the opposition ANC is placed third with 7,08%. The opposition parties Heritage (5,76%) and ARF Dashnaktsutyun (5,67%), as well as the third coalition Orinats Yerkir party (5,51%) also joined the new parliament.

RPA gained absolute majority of 69 seats in the 131-member National Assembly, 40 by proportional and 29 by majority system of voting. Prosperous Armenia got 37 seats (28 by proportional and 9 by majority systems) and ANC was left with 7.

Dashnaktsutyun and Orinats Yerkir got 6 seats each (5 by proportional and 1 by majority systems), while Heritage got 5.