Karen Bekaryan: it is time to turn our mechanisms of reaction from situational into preventive.

Armen Badalyan noted electoral bribe, falsified votes, opposition’s flawed campaign as main factors affecting the results of polls.

Alexander Iskandaryan: elections will affect the country’s domestic policy, with the parliament influencing formation of new govt.

The recent parliamentary elections in Armenia recorded sweeping victory by the current authorities, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and its coalition partner and rival Prosperous Armenia. These two, along with the third member of the current coalition Orinats Yerkir (which was the only ruling party seeing worse results against 2007 vote), grabbed 112 out of 131 mandates of Armenia's National Assembly.

Armenian Assembly of America urges newly elected parliament to enact measures that will further strengthen rule of law.

Commenting on poll results Karen Kocharyan said, “What can’t be bought with money, can be bought with lots of money.”

Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on May 6, and people are now assessing their outcomes, pondering over expectations from the new “elects”; meanwhile, the political forces are summing up the results and considering their future moves and potential alliances. So, I decided to avail of the current political lull and sum up my own voting outcomes, sharing my views on each of the race participants.

According to regulations, first session of new parliament is due on 3rd Thursday after voting results are published, Hraparak says.

The parliamentary elections are over in Armenia. The race, assessed as original primaries for presidential elections in 2013, yielded rather unexpected results, with the ruling coalition’s crushing victory recorded as the most significant outcome.