YEREVAN, June 8. The final results of the parliamentary elections in Armenia, held on June 7, will be announced on June 14, said Vahagn Hovakimyan, chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia. "We will continue counting the votes until Friday. Then we will consider complaints and statements. And the final results will be announced on June 14," he told Armenian public television.

According to the country's constitution, complaints can be filed with the Constitutional Court five days after June 14, when the final results are announced, he recalled. "Therefore, we will summarize the results on June 14. And June 19 is the day when political forces that participated in the elections can appeal to the Constitutional Court. If they do so, we will proceed to the consideration by the Constitutional Court, and the further procedure will depend on the court," Hovakimyan explained. The Constitutional Court will have 15 days to consider the complaints. If no complaints are filed, the next stage will be the allocation of mandates.

The parliamentary elections in Armenia were held on June 7. According to preliminary data from the Central Election Commission, based on all 2,005 polling stations, the ruling Civil Contract party of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received 49.825% of the votes. The bloc of businessman Samvel Karapetyan, Strong Armenia, received 23.281%, while the bloc of former President Robert Kocharyan, Armenia, received 9.934%. The Prosperous Armenia party of businessman Gagik Tsarukyan will not be represented in the Armenian parliament, as it received 3.996% of the votes according to updated preliminary data from the Central Election Commission. Voter turnout was 58.97%.

Earlier, local observers and the opposition reported unprecedented electoral violations, including carousel voting. The election cycle was marked by the arrest of opposition activists, which occurred during the election campaign, on the day of silence, and on election day.

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Final results of Armenia’s parliamentary elections to be announced on June 14 — CEC
According to Chairman Vahagn Hovakimyan, until that date, the authority will continue ballot counting, will also consider complaints and statements