The highest voter turnout was recorded in the Nork-Marash administrative district (47.01%).
This was the answer given to this reporter by Hakob Sahakyan, president of the 1/19 polling station electoral commission, where Margaryan is registered to vote.
Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission reports that 294,534 voters out of an electorate of 848.343 went to the polls.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan left for New York today to attend the 73rd session of the UN’s General Assembly that opened on September 18.
Responding to reporters on the scene, Pashinyan said today’s election differs from past elections because citizens are now certain that their votes make a difference and will be duly registered.
The Akanates monitoring group is comprised of the Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center, Asparez Journalists Club, and the Restart Political Initiative.
Hayk Marutyan, who heads the Im Kayl (My Step) Alliance ticket in today’s Yerevan Municipal Council election, told reporters, after casting his ballot, that if elected Yerevan mayor he’d first tackle the garbage problem in the Armenian capital.
Naira Zohrabyan, who heads the Prosperous Armenia Party’s (PAP) ticket in today’s race for Yerevan Municipal Council, was spotted earlier at a poolhall called the Billard Bar, in the Ajapnyak district of Yerevan, which serves as the party’s campaign office in this part of town.
The Independent Observer monitoring group says it has received reports that representatives of the Im Kayl (My Step) Alliance have been seen delivering pizzas, juice and water to several polling stations during today’s Yerevan Municipal Council election.
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