Vardan Ghukasyan, the candidate from Shirak electoral district  No. 11  is pleased with the results of the parliamentary elections held on April 2, reports  NEWS.am.

Vardan Ghukasyan finally confessed, that he wasn’t actively involved in the election campaign.  He carried out his campaign “from his office, and collected as many votes," noting that he communicated with voters via mass media.

"I carried out my campaign from the office. People recognized me and voted for me. I directed my messages to people through media,” he said. Vardan Ghukasyan urged to be patient, until it is clear whether he will be in the parliament or not. According to the  preliminary data, Ghukasyan collected 12452 votes.

As reported earlier, the CEC has received the respective data from all of the 2,009 election precincts in the country. Accordingly, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia is in a considerable lead, with 49.12 percent of votes tallied.

Yelk [Way Out] Bloc – 7.77% (122,049 votes)

Free Democrats Party – 0.94% (14,746)

Armenian Revival Party – 3.71% (58,277)

Tsaurkyan Bloc – 27.32% (428,965)

Congress [Party]-PPA [People’s Party of Armenia] Bloc – 1.65% (25,975)

Republican Party of Armenia – 49.12% (771,247)

Communist Party of Armenia – 0.75% (11,745)

Ohanyan-Raffi - Oskanian Bloc – 2.7% (32,504)

Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun Party – 6.57% (103,173)

According to the CEC preliminary data, the voter turnout in the parliamentary election was 60.93 percent.