February 19, 2013 - 02:57 AMT
Votes from 1003 polling stations counted

The Central Election Commission has finalized the counting of votes from 1003 polling stations.

According to the latest data, the chairman of the ruling RPA, incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan garnered 450 970 (61,40%) votes; Heritage party chairman Raffi Hovannisian got 249 177 (33,93%) votes; former foreign minister of Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arman Melikyan received 1 716 (0,23%) votes; former prime minister Hrant Bagratyan - 16 863 (2,30%) votes; National Self-Determination Union party head Paruyr Hayrikyan - 8 376 (1,14%) votes; Radio Hay director Andrias Ghukasyan 4 402 (0,60%) votes; literature expert Vardan Sedrakyan – 2 974 (0,40%) votes.