My Step bloc wins landslide victory in Yerevan City Council election
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
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