  Armenia ruling party loses majority in Yerevan elections September 18, 2023 - 11:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party failed to secure majority in Yerevan’s municipal assembly as a result of elections on Sunday, September 17. Preliminary results showed Civil Contract winning roughly 33% of the vote, followed by a party represented by Hayk Marutyan, a former Yerevan mayor, with about 19%. The opposition Mayr Hayastan (Mother Armenia) bloc got 15.4%, a party led by Vartan Ghukasyan, a controversial video blogger based in the United States, garnered 9.7%, while Hanrapetutyun (Republic) party, which is said to allied to Civil Contract, secured 11.2% of the vote. The Central Election Commission (CEC) also reported that only about 28.5 percent of Yerevan’s 824,250 eligible voters cast ballots on Sunday, the lowest figure ever recorded in the city.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
