  Sargsyan garners 68,78% of votes, preliminary count says February 19, 2013 - 00:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Central Election Commission has finalized the counting of votes from 75 polling stations. As of 12am, the chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan garnered 24 028 (68, 78%) votes; Heritage party chairman Raffi Hovannisian got 9 484 (27,15%) votes; former foreign minister of Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arman Melikyan received 67 (0,19%) votes; former prime minister Hrant Bagratyan - 537 (1,54%) votes; National Self-Determination Union party head Paruyr Hayrikyan - 297 (0,85%) votes; Radio Hay director Andrias Ghukasyan 146 (0,42%) votes; literature expert Vardan Sedrakyan – 378 (1,08%) votes.   Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Welcome to CaseKey 2024. Byblos Bank Armenia firmly stands by future innovators  Strategic business cases, invaluable experience, innovative approaches and more than 25 events are in store for the participants of CaseKey 2024.Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour.Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan.Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. |
