More than 60% of Armenians familiar with election programs: GallupMarch 24, 2017 - 17:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - More than 60% of Armenian voters are familiar with the election programs of parties or blocs running for seats at the National Assembly, Gallup International Association said on Friday, March 24, citing the results of its latest opinion poll. In response to a question on whether they are familiar with the programs, 63.8% of respondents gave a positive reply, while 36.2% answered negatively. 1145 people were surveyed throughout Armenia during the first 15 days of election campaigns. At the top of the list of sources is television, cited by 81.9% of those who know about election programs. Other streams of information include leaflets (30.6%), Facebook (20%), campaign meetings (16.9%), mass media (7%), posters (5.3%), outdoor advertising (4.3%), radio (3.6%), party websites (1%) and other means (4.8%). Also, the poll found out that around 83% of Armenian voters would like to see prime minister Karen Karapetyan in his post after elections to the National Assembly, slated for April 2. Nine parties and blocs running for seats at the National Assembly have already launched campaigns. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |