YEREVAN.- Armenian Central Electoral Commission continues issuing preliminary results of the  presidential elections. As of 01:25, data from 298 precincts have been collected.  

Serzh Sargsyan got 65.54 percent of votes (119,554 votes), followed by Raffi Hovannisian with 30.48 percent (55,602 votes) of votes. Hrant Bagratyan advanced to the third position with 1.80 percent (3,285). Paruyr Hayrikyan polled 1.01% (1,848).

Vardan Sedrakyan (0.5%), Andreas Ghukasyan (0.47%) and Arman Melikyan (0.21%) 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.