YEREVAN (A.W.)—The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced today the final results of the Feb. 18 presidential election in Armenia, declaring the incumbent, Serge Sarkisian, victorious.
The president of the commission, Tigran Mukuchyan, announced the results, according to which Sarkisian has secured 58.64 percent of the 1,521,261 votes cast, while his closest rival, Raffi Hovannisian, has garnered 36.75 percent of the votes. These figures are identical with the preliminary results announced last week.
On Feb. 24, Hovannisian had urged the authorities and the CEC to think twice before announcing the final results, and do the right thing. Hovannisian has declared victory in the election and has demanded that authorities relinquish power to the people.
Below is a summary of the official figures:
Sarkisian 861,373 votes (58.64 percent)
Hovannisian 539,693 votes (36.75 percent)
Hrant Pakradyan 31,643 votes (2.15 percent)
Paruyr Hairikian 18,096 votes (1.23 percent)
Antreas Ghougassyan 8,329 votes (0.57 percent)
Vartan Setrakyan 6,210 votes (0.42 percent)
Arman Melikyan 3,520 votes (0.24 percent)
No hard feelings? Is it possible to move forward now?…with love, understanding, peace and positivity? Thank you.
Pat
you must work for the current regime? Why else the complete blindeness to the corruption that this regime brings?
EPDE: The results of both election participation and election results were falsified
http://www.pastinfo.am/en/node/9010
Full report
http://hcav.am/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/EPDE-Statement-Presidential-Election-Armenia-18022013_final_EN.pdf
PFA Publishes Preliminary Analysis on Presidential Election in Armenia
FULL REPORT with GRAPHS:
http://www.pf-armenia.org/sites/default/files/Statement%20.pdf
Please read how fraudulent this election was.