November 28, 2005 - 03:19 AMT
Returns of 1353 Polling Stations: 93.2% of Voters Said «Yes»
According to the returns of the vote in 1353 polling stations in Armenia and abroad, 1 001 775 out 1 525 425 constituents took part in the referendum, i.e. 65.7%. Out of these 933 182 (93.2%) voted for passing the constitutional amendments, while 57 117 (5.7%) were against. 16 988 ballots were recognized invalid.

It should also be noted that the number of polling stations in Armenia totals 1878, while there are 44 stations in forty cities of 28 countries. For the referendum to be recognized as taken place it is necessary that 767 thousand persons take part in it. This number makes 1/3 of the total number of constituency in Armenia (i.e. 2 301 828). The CEC has ordered the printing of 2 million 334 thousand 300 ballots for the referendum.