Violations did occur and should receive the strictest possible criminal legal assessment, but their impact on the final election outcome cannot be assessed, Justice Minister Srbuhi Galyan said during a hearing at the Constitutional Court.

"The current situation demonstrates that the people were able to overcome attempts to undermine the democratic order and exercise their right to vote. Therefore, we believe that the election results cannot be declared invalid," Galyan said in response to a question from a representative of the Alliance of Defenders of Republican Democracy party, according to Panorama.am.

She was also asked whether the government could be considered legitimate in a broader sense if, according to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's wording, one branch of power—the opposition—had been formed through unlawful means.

"First of all, the prime minister has never said that those violations should call the final election outcome into question," Galyan replied.

She said Pashinyan had been referring to cases of vote-buying and that his remarks constituted a political assessment, which did not preclude legal evaluations by the competent investigative authorities.

"Declaring election results invalid is an exceptional measure. It cannot be linked to one or several violations alone; it requires compelling grounds. Our position is that the incidents that occurred did not affect the election outcome to such an extent that we should disregard the votes cast by citizens in the context of free and fair elections and declare the elections invalid," Galyan said, commenting on the Venice Commission's test.

She reiterated that the irregularities recorded during the election campaign should receive the strictest possible assessment.

On June 14, the final results of the June 7 parliamentary elections were published. Civil Contract received 726,819 votes, or 49.7456%; Strong Armenia received 340,006 votes, or 23.2710%; and the Hayastan Alliance won 144,983 votes, or 9.9231%. Prosperous Armenia failed to clear the 4% electoral threshold, receiving 58,287 votes, or 3.9893%, and will not enter parliament.

Civil Contract will hold 64 seats, including three allocated to representatives of national minorities. Strong Armenia will have 29 seats, including one held by an Assyrian representative, while the Hayastan Alliance will hold 12 seats.