Gallup Organization: 61% voters expected to go to the pollsJanuary 29, 2013 - 12:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Gallup Organization has conducted a public opinion poll ahead of Armenian presidential elections, with 1,020 citizens interviewed. According to Gallup representative Rasa Alishauskene, 39% of Armenian respondents said they will go to the polls, 43% said they will “probably vote”. Thus, the number of the voters on the election day is expected to total 61%, + - 3,1%. Following the termination of the candidates’ registration, most of the voters expressed backing for the incumbent president (66 %), with only 10% voicing readiness to vote for Heritage leader Raffi Hovannissian, only 4% for Paruyr Hayrikyan, 1 % for Aram Harutyunyan, Andreas Ghukasyan, Arman Melikyan, Vardan Sedrakyan. 16% of the voters said they were still undecided on the candidate to vote for. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |