CEC: Bako Sahakyan officially recognized as President of Nagorno Karabakh RepublicJuly 21, 2007 - 17:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During its today's session the CEC of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic has summed up the final results of the presidential elections. The CEC members undersigned a decision, according to which Bako Sahakyan is elected as president with the overwhelming majority of votes. The Central Electoral Commission has fixed that the total number of eligible citizens is 92 128 according to electoral lists. The CEC has distributed 93 219 bulletins to polling stations. The number of canceled bulletins is 21 934. The number of registered and received by voters bulletins is 71 289 according to signatures. And the number of invalid bulletins is 1 594. The number of votes for each candidate is the following: Armen Abgaryan -867, Vanya Avanesyan -212, Masis Mailyan -8 734, Hrant Melkumyan -564 and Bako Sahakyan -59 316. The number of "for" votes is 69 963, the number of valid bulletins is 69 693. Inaccuracy measure is 15, the NKR CEC Press Office reports. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. 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. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. 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. |