PreferredYEREVAN. – As of Sunday 11am, the voter turnout in the National Assembly election in Armenia is 344,714, or 13.32 percent of eligible voters.
Laura Galstyan, Deputy Chairperson of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), informed the aforesaid at the CEC, and added that this information was obtained electronically.
She noted that there are a total of 2,587,706 eligible voters.
Armenia is holding a parliamentary election Sunday for the first time since the new Constitution was approved through a referendum in December 2015. The new National Assembly will have 105 deputies, four of whom—representatives of ethnic minorities.
A total of 2,009 election precincts are open all through the country. This voting will be the only national one in the next five years, as Armenia is transitioning to a parliamentary republic.
Five political parties and four blocs are running for parliament. Political parties have to get 5 percent of votes, whereas the blocs need 7 percent to be elected to the National Assembly of Armenia.
