YEREVAN.- Central Electoral Commission continues issuing preliminary results of the  presidential elections. As of 01:30, data from 159 precincts have been collected.  

Serzh Sargsyan got 64.65 percent of votes (60,968votes), followed by Raffi Hovannisian – 31.17 percent (29,393votes) of votes. Hrant Bagratyan advanced to the third position with 1.83 percent (1,727). Paruyr Hayrikyan polled 1.06% (996).

Vardan Sedrakyan (0.62%), Andreas Ghukasyan (0.48%) and Arman Melikyan (0.20%) got less than one percent of votes.

Note that on Monday the Presidential Elections were held in Armenia. Seven candidates were running for the presidency: the incumbent President and leader of ruling Republican Party Serzh Sargsyan, the leader of Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian, former Armenian Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan, head of the Association National Self-Determination Paruyr Hayrikyan, political scientist Andreas Ghukasyan, former Karabakh Foreign Minister Arman Melikyan and epos specialist Vardan Sedrakyan.