YEREVAN. – If the Armenian capital city Yerevan Council election were to be held next Sunday, 41.5 percent of the residents would vote for the ruling Republican Party (RPA) and 14.5 percent, for non-governmental Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP). Gallup International Association’s Armenia Office Director Aram Navasardyan informed this during a press conference on Saturday, and he presented the results of their most recent survey. 

In line with this poll, 7.9 percent of the Yerevan constituents would vote for the opposition Heritage Party-led ‘Barev [Hello], Yerevan’ bloc; 3.7 percent, for the interim coalition government’s junior partner Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party (RLP); 3.1 percent, for the opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party; 2.9 percent, for the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) Party; and 0.3 percent, for the Arakelutyun (Mission) Party. A total of 26.1 percent could not give an answer.

In addition, 57.6 percent of the respondents see serving Mayor Taron Margaryan as the next Mayor; 5.9 percent, (PAP) MP, mayoral candidate, and former FM Vartan Oskanian; 3.8 percent, RLP mayoral candidate and acting Emergency Situations Minister Armen Yeritsyan; 3.7 percent, Heritage Party Vice-Chairman and “Barev Yerevan” bloc’s mayoral candidate Armen Martirosyan; 2.3 percent, Yerevan former Mayor and ANC mayoral candidate Vahagn Khachatryan; 1.8 percent, ARF MP and mayoral candidate Armen Rustamyan; 1.7 percent, PAP MP Gurgen Arsenyan; and 0.1 percent, Arakelutyun Party mayoral candidate Mesrop Arakelyan. A total of 17.9 percent could not give an answer. 

To note, Gallup International Association conducted this survey among 1,066 respondents, and by way of posing face-to-face questions.

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