CEC invalidates results at two polling stations

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has invalidated the voting results recorded at two polling stations during the parliamentary elections.

The decision concerns polling stations where military personnel cast ballots after 20:00.

The Commission invalidated the voting results at polling station No. 10/51, established within the service area of Territorial Electoral Commission No. 10, and polling station No. 35/65, established within the service area of Territorial Electoral Commission No. 35, for the purpose of organizing and conducting the regular National Assembly elections held on June 7, 2026.

The Commission decided to record the number of participants in voting at polling station No. 10/51 — 1,287 — as the total measure of discrepancies at that polling station.

At polling station No. 35/65, the number of voting participants — 1,315 — was likewise recorded as the total measure of discrepancies. All other results (figures) in the protocols of polling stations No. 10/51 and No. 35/65, except for the discrepancy figures, were recorded as 0 (zero).

The materials related to polling stations No. 10/51 and No. 35/65 have been forwarded to the Prosecutor’s Office.

Under the Electoral Code, it is not mandatory to adopt a decision on holding a repeat vote, reports http://Factor.am .

Part 6 of Article 72 of the Electoral Code states: “The other results (figures) in the protocol of a polling station where voting results have been declared invalid, except for the discrepancy figure, shall be recorded as 0.” Article 95 further provides that when the CEC summarizes the final election results, it may decide to schedule a repeat vote at individual polling stations.

Article 101 of the Electoral Code defines the circumstances under which a repeat vote is ordered. “If violations occurred during the elections that could have affected the election results, the Central Electoral Commission shall decide to hold a repeat vote at individual polling stations if doing so can remedy the consequences of those violations. If the consequences cannot be remedied in that way, the National Assembly elections shall be declared invalid and a repeat election for the National Assembly shall be scheduled,” the Code states.

The results recorded at polling stations 10/51 in Yerevan and 35/65 in Syunik Province were as follows. At 10/51, the Civil Contract party received 630 votes, the Armenia Alliance 122 votes, and the Strong Armenia Alliance 222 votes. At 35/65, the Civil Contract party received 593 votes, the Armenia Alliance 148 votes, and the Strong Armenia Alliance 306 votes.

If these votes are removed from the overall totals of those political forces, the impact may not be significant for them. The situation is different, however, for Prosperous Armenia, which is fighting to surpass the four-percent threshold and enter parliament.

Across these two polling stations, Prosperous Armenia received a total of 213 votes. This could prove decisive for the party.

The CEC has not yet announced whether a repeat vote will be held at those polling stations.

Commenting on the issue, National Assembly deputy Vahagn Aleksanyan from the Civil Contract faction wrote that Civil Contract loses 1,224 votes as a result of the annulment.

“Due to the hysteria raised by the opposition over soldiers’ voting, the results of two polling stations are being annulled, where Civil Contract had a combined total of 1,224 votes.

Every time this opposition utters the words ‘army’ or ‘soldier’ over the next five years, they should remember that they initiated a process that rendered invalid the votes of soldiers who had come off duty and cast their ballots,” he stated.

It has also become known that, following a recount, the 33 votes claimed by Prosperous Armenia were not confirmed.

The recount conducted at polling station 8/35 concerned data submitted by Prosperous Armenia, according to which their extract indicated 33 votes, while the officially recorded figure was 13, reports Radar Armenia.

Following the recount, it was confirmed that 13 was the correct figure. Apparently, a proxy representative or another person altered the digit 1 into a 3. All extracts and protocols clearly indicated 13, and that figure remained unchanged.