April 14, 2017 - 14:59 AMT
Armenia opposition bloc challenging legitimacy of elections with CC

The Armenian National Congress-People’s Party of Armenia bloc on Friday, April 14 is applying to the Constitutional Court to challenge the legitimacy of the results of parliamentary elections, held across the country on April 2.

According to the bloc’s office, the opposition alliance will demand that the court annul elections.

ANC-PPA had earlier submitted such an appeal to the Central Electoral Commission, which, however, was turned down shortly.

The bloc is the only political force to challenge the legitimacy of elections after April 2.

According to the final assessment of elections provided by the Central Electoral Commission, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) claims 58 mandates, including three for minority representatives (Yezidi, Assyrian and Kurdish), the Tsarukyan bloc has 31 seats overall, including one for a Russian community representative, while YELQ bloc and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun get nine and seven parliamentary seats, respectively.