Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan Declared Victory 🇦🇲
Early results showed Pashinyan's ruling Civil Contract Party leading with 52.5%, with Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia alliance trailing behind at 23.2%, according to the Central Election Commission, citing 23.5% of electoral precincts reporting. 📊
Ex-President Robert Kocharyan's Armenia alliance was third with some 9%, followed by the Prosperous Armenia Party, which cleared the electoral threshold with 4.6%. The commission said turnout was 59%. 🗳
In a press conference in the early hours of Monday morning, Pashinyan said his Civil Contract party had prevailed, calling it a "historic victory" ✨.
The ruling Civil Contract party of Prime Minister Pashinyan had the pro-Russia Strong Armenia party as its closest rival in the election, which is also seen as a referendum on Pashinyan's peace efforts with Azerbaijan 🤝.
Polls showed Pashinyan and his party well in the lead with up to 32% support, compared with just 11% for Strong Armenia 📉.
This seems to indicate some endorsement of Pashinyan's efforts to move Armenia closer to the West since he came to power in 2018, although he will not be able to govern alone if the early results are confirmed 🏛.
In contrast, Strong Armenia, formed last year by Armenian billionaire Karapetyan, wants Armenia to remain close to Russia, a key trading partner and energy supplier 🇷🇺.
Police were reported by the media to have searched the offices of Strong Armenia in the city of Gyumri and made arrests 👮.
Last month, Putin made veiled threats about the negative economic impact of a move away from Moscow if Armenia continued on its course ⚠️.
In the weeks before the election, Russia has moved to make such theoretical economic threats more tangible by introducing new restrictions on Armenian produce including flowers and vegetables 🌸🥦.
Putin also suggested that Armenia could suffer a similar crisis as the one in Ukraine, saying that Kyiv's problems "began with efforts to move toward EU accession." 🇪🇺
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been embroiled in a long-running conflict since the 1980s, largely over Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway territory inhabited by ethnic Armenians that was retaken by Azerbaijan in a 2023 war ⚔️.
Critics say Pashinyan made too many concessions to Azerbaijan in a US-brokered agreement he signed last August 🇺🇸.
He has also been accused of authoritarianism, with many of his opponents landing behind bars in recent years 🚫.
The government has defended its actions, saying those imprisoned were trying to foment coups. 🛡
On Sunday, police said they had detained more than 10 people on suspicion of vote-buying, while three members of a local electoral commission were also taken into custody overnight 🔒.
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Early results showed Pashinyan's ruling Civil Contract Party leading with 52.5%, with Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia alliance trailing behind at 23.2%, according to the Central Election Commission, citing 23.5% of electoral precincts reporting. 📊
Ex-President Robert Kocharyan's Armenia alliance was third with some 9%, followed by the Prosperous Armenia Party, which cleared the electoral threshold with 4.6%. The commission said turnout was 59%. 🗳
In a press conference in the early hours of Monday morning, Pashinyan said his Civil Contract party had prevailed, calling it a "historic victory" ✨.
The ruling Civil Contract party of Prime Minister Pashinyan had the pro-Russia Strong Armenia party as its closest rival in the election, which is also seen as a referendum on Pashinyan's peace efforts with Azerbaijan 🤝.
Polls showed Pashinyan and his party well in the lead with up to 32% support, compared with just 11% for Strong Armenia 📉.
This seems to indicate some endorsement of Pashinyan's efforts to move Armenia closer to the West since he came to power in 2018, although he will not be able to govern alone if the early results are confirmed 🏛.
In contrast, Strong Armenia, formed last year by Armenian billionaire Karapetyan, wants Armenia to remain close to Russia, a key trading partner and energy supplier 🇷🇺.
Police were reported by the media to have searched the offices of Strong Armenia in the city of Gyumri and made arrests 👮.
Last month, Putin made veiled threats about the negative economic impact of a move away from Moscow if Armenia continued on its course ⚠️.
In the weeks before the election, Russia has moved to make such theoretical economic threats more tangible by introducing new restrictions on Armenian produce including flowers and vegetables 🌸🥦.
Putin also suggested that Armenia could suffer a similar crisis as the one in Ukraine, saying that Kyiv's problems "began with efforts to move toward EU accession." 🇪🇺
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been embroiled in a long-running conflict since the 1980s, largely over Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway territory inhabited by ethnic Armenians that was retaken by Azerbaijan in a 2023 war ⚔️.
Critics say Pashinyan made too many concessions to Azerbaijan in a US-brokered agreement he signed last August 🇺🇸.
He has also been accused of authoritarianism, with many of his opponents landing behind bars in recent years 🚫.
The government has defended its actions, saying those imprisoned were trying to foment coups. 🛡
On Sunday, police said they had detained more than 10 people on suspicion of vote-buying, while three members of a local electoral commission were also taken into custody overnight 🔒.
#primer #minister #armenian #pashinyan #victory
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