YEREVAN. – Armenia’s State Committee of Real Estate Cadastre Deputy Head of Yerevan Territorial Subdivision, Robert Sargsyan, won the parliamentary elections that were held Sunday in capital city Yerevan’s No.1 Electoral District. Sargsyan was nominated MP by the ruling Republican Party (RPA).     

The Central Electoral Commission provided Armenian News-NEWS.am the preliminary results of these elections, which are as follows: A total of 23,830 voters out of 64,763 eligible voters—or 36.82 percent—cast their ballots. Robert Sargsyan, opposition Heritage Party Secretary General Stiopa Safaryan, and self nominated Eduard Petrosyan received 18,805, 3,680, and 461 votes respectively.

To note, Robert Sargsyan is the brother-in-law of Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan.

The MP mandate at Yerevan’s No.1 Electoral District was vacated when RPA MP, Football Federation of Armenia President, and businessman Ruben Hayrapetyan formally gave up his parliamentary seat in connection with the beating of several military doctors and the ensuing death of one of them—Vahe Avetyan—at Yerevan’s Harsnaqar Restaurant Complex which belongs to him.