After Parliament elections voting procedure ended in Armenia at 8 pm, Armenian Attorney General Office informed that it has reviewed 1,594 electoral violations reports submitted to the office.

According to the Attorney General Office, the vast majority of submitted reports (1,340 reports) did not contain any apparent electoral violation but rather refer to the technical procedures of the voting process, polling booths installation, problems with surveillance devices or other technical issues. Other reports were related to the issues already solved.

Overall, 254 submitted reports contained possible reports about electoral violations. Out of these 254, 87 reports were related to the multiple votes (or vote attempts) by the same person; 74 reports were related to the attempts to repress free voting process; 45 reports were related to violations of the secrecy of voting process; 38 reports were related to the attempts to violate rights of journalists, proxies, or observers; 10 reports were related to the cases of bribery.

Selected 254 reports were sent to the Armenia’s regional prosecutor’s offices and police stations for further investigation.

Armenia is holding parliamentary elections for the first time since new Constitution was approved by means of referendum in December 2015. The new parliament will have 105 deputies, four of them representatives of ethnic minorities.

A total of 2009 electoral precincts is operating throughout the country. These elections are the only national elections in the next five years, as Armenia is shifting to parliamentary republic.

Five parties and four political blocs are running for the parliament. Political parties have to get five percent of votes, while blocs need seven to be elected to the parliament.