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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s ruling Civil Contract party has won the country’s parliamentary elections, securing 49.81% of the vote after all ballots were counted, UATV English reports.
According to the final preliminary results:
- Civil Contract — 727,160 votes (49.81%)
- Strong Armenia led by Samvel Karapetyan — 340,062 votes (23.29%)
- Armenia Alliance headed by former President Robert Kocharyan — 145,097 votes (9.94%)
- Prosperous Armenia led by Gagik Tsarukyan narrowly crossed the 4% threshold with 58,368 votes.
The distribution of parliamentary seats is expected to be:
- Civil Contract — 61 seats
- Strong Armenia — 28 seats
- Armenia Alliance — 11 seats
- Prosperous Armenia — 5 seats
The election took place amid increasing pressure from Moscow over Pashinyan’s efforts to deepen ties with the European Union.
Following the result, Pashinyan described the outcome as a “historic victory that will undoubtedly ensure the continuity and development of the Republic of Armenia.”
According to reporting by Reuters, based on interviews with Western intelligence officials and reviewed documents, Russia had sought to undermine Pashinyan’s re-election campaign out of concern that another term would further cement Armenia’s pro-Western trajectory.
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