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The ruling Civil Contract Party has won the Vagharshapat City Council elections, according to preliminary results published by the Central Electoral Commission.
Residents of Vagharshapat, colloquially known as Etchmiadzin, went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new city council, which will in turn elect a new mayor.
Only 31,535 of the 69,924 eligible voters cast their ballots.
With the preliminary vote count completed from all 47 polling stations, the Civil Contract Party garnered 15,298 votes, followed by the Victory bloc with 10,051 votes.
The Mother Armenia National-Democratic Party received 1,692 votes, while the Republic (Hanrapetutyun) Party took 1,241 votes.
A total of 1,193 people voted for the Fatherland Party. Free Democrats received 1,177 votes. The Heritage Party garnered 440 votes, while the Pan-Armenian Front Party received 295 votes.
132 ballots were declared invalid.