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Elections | 01.06.09 | 16:00

Outsiders: As the winner celebrates, losers look back critically at Yerevan election conduct

By Sara Khojoyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Leaders of the political parties that failed to make it to the Yerevan City Council have given only negative assessments of the election process in the capital’s vote on Sunday.

According to the preliminary data published by the Central Election Commission, four political parties: Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law), Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF), the Labor Socialist Party of Armenia (LSPA) and the People’s Party (PP) have not cleared the required 7 percent election barrier.

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John Aidiniantz (unverified)
03.06.2009 03:14
How could the ruling party have "swept the elections" when 82.5% of the electorate did not bother to vote? It seems the elections cannot have been very important to the voters of Yerevan if most of them stayed at home to watch television. Maybe they were too scared to come out of their homes, or there were not enough buses available.
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