My Step bloc wins landslide victory in Yerevan City Council election
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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS. The My Step bloc has won a landslide victory in the Yerevan City Council elections Sunday, according to preliminary data. My Step’s candidate for Yerevan Mayor is Hayk Marutyan (pictured above).
Preliminary counts of all precincts shows a massive 81,06% victory for My Step. 294,109 people voted for the alliance.
The Prosperous Armenia Party is the runner-up with only 6,95%, or 25,219 votes.
Luys (Light) bloc won 4,99%, or 18,112 votes.
The ARF garnered only 5882 votes (1,61%).
848,343 people were eligible to vote in the election, but the turnout was a bit over 360,000.
|
Bloc, party |
Popular vote |
Percentage |
|
Prosperous Armenia Party |
25219 |
6,95 |
|
Yerevan Public bloc |
2502 |
0,69 |
|
Yerevantsis bloc |
2985 |
0,82 |
|
Yerkir Tsirani party |
5059 |
1,39 |
|
Heritage party |
2709 |
0,75 |
|
Democratic Way party |
799 |
0,22 |
|
My Step bloc |
294109 |
81,06 |
|
Luys bloc |
18112 |
4,99 |
|
ARF party |
5882 |
1,62 |
|
Hayk party |
692 |
0,19 |
|
Reformists party |
792 |
0,22 |
|
Rule of Law party |
3948 |
1,09 |
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan