Polling stations across Yerevan opened on Sunday morning (8.00 am) for an estimated 771,000 eligible voters to cast their ballots in the capital’s first municipal elections in nearly two decades.

(Since the adoption of Armenia’s constitution in 1995, the mayor of Yerevan has been appointed by the president. The constitutional reform of 2005 in line with Armenia’s commitments to the Council of Europe paved the way for a direct election of the city council that in turn elects a mayor.)