‘We will do everything for the borders to be inviolable’, President Sargsyan casts vote
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YEREVAN, APRIL 2, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan arrived at the 9/18 polling station in the S. Spandaryan School with First Lady Rita Sargsyan.
After casting their votes, the President told reporters when he put the ballot into the box, he was thinking that there is nothing more precious than peace.
“We will do everything so that there will be calm at the borders and the borders be inviolable”.
Asked about their chances in the election, the President mentioned that it isn’t the time for evaluating chances, it’s the time for receiving votes.
Parliamentary elections in Armenia began with 2009 polling stations opened in 13 electoral districts nationwide.
The voting will end at 20:00 followed by counting of the ballots.
According to the latest data of the Police, the total number of citizens eligible to vote is 2,564,195, the number of voters without registration is 915.
The number of voters who are currently undergoing medical treatment in hospitals in 2001.
The number of the members of district electoral commissions is 28,277.
197 police officers have been dispatched to polling stations.
120 news agencies (89 local and 31 international) and 55 observer organizations will cover and follow the election.
9 political forces are running in the parliamentary election: Republican Party of Armenia, Armenian Renaissance Party, Free Democrats Party, Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party, Communist Party of Armenia, Yelk bloc, Tsarukyan bloc, Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian bloc and Congress-APP bloc.