While media attention in the last four weeks of campaigning has been reasonably focused on what politicians promise and analysts predict for the upcoming elections of the Yerevan municipal assembly, the legislatively imposed “day of silence” on the eve of the vote seems a natural time for reflection on what the current elections are and what they mean for voters and political parties in the city that is officially home to more than a third of Armenia’s 3.2 million-strong population.

Below is some basic information of interest to both voters and observers in the May 31 Yerevan elections compiled by ArmeniaNow reporter Gayane Abrahamyan in a “digestible” Question-and-Answer format.