YEREVAN. – Elections for Armenian capital Yerevan’s new mayor will be held on Tuesday.As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, the ruling coalition’s Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) had decided to nominate as Mayor, the city’s First Deputy Mayor, Taron Margaryan.

And during RPA Board session, on October 31, Armenia’s President and RPA Chairman Serzh Sargsyan had nominated Margaryan’s candidacy.   

To note, Yerevan’s former Mayor Karen Karapetyan had resigned from office in late October, and Taron Margaryan replaced him as Acting Mayor, until Tuesday’s elections.