YEREVAN. – The local government elections in Armenia’s Ararat, Armavir, Shirak, Lori, and Syunik regions will be held on September 9. And all candidates’ registration documents must be submitted to the electoral district commission between August 5 and 10, Armenian News-NEWS.am was informed from the Central Electoral Commission website. 

The candidates will be registered from August 10 to 15, and the local government election campaigns in these regions will be held between August 22 and September 7.

To note, the Prosperous Armenia Party already announced that it will nominate its MP Samvel Balasanyan’s candidacy for the mayoral elections in Gyumri and former Deputy Governor Edik Karakhanyan of Lori Region, for the mayoral elections in Vanadzor city.  

The opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party will nominate Deputy Head Hovsep Simonyan of the Department of Finance of the Shirak Regional Hall in Gyumri.   

Gyumri’s serving Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan has not yet announced whether he will run in the mayoral race, but he had stated on numerous occasions that he will nominate.