May 6, 2012 - 14:28 AMT
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Yerevan Mayor votes for “stable development”

At May 6 parliamentary elections, Yerevan Mayor cast his ballot at Avan administrative district’s School No. 117.

“As a citizen of the Republic of Armenia I made my choice for stable development of the country,” Taron Margaryan said, expressing a wish for fair elections.

As the head of the district’s electoral commission Martin Galumyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, as of 11 am, 450 out of 2033 voters have cast ballots.

Parliamentary elections feature 8 political parties, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), Orinats Yerkir, Heritage, Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), Communist Party of Armenia and United Armenians party, as well as one election bloc represented by opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC).

Armenian National Congress (ANC) must overcome 7% threshold as a bloc, unlike the parties, which need 5% threshold level.

647 international and over 31 thous. local observers will monitor the parliamentary elections in Armenia. OSCE/ODIHR (258 observers), OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (69), PACE (37), CIS Interparliamentary Assembly (22), as well as International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and SILBA international organization have deployed observer missions in Armenia.

The preliminary results will be published no later than 24 hours after the voting, with final results to be released on the seventh day starting the voting day.

Citizens will elect 131 MPs of the next convocation of the National Assembly, with 90 of them running by proportional system and 41- by the majority system.

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