YEREVAN. – On Monday 6am, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia completed the online counting of the initial results of the referendum on constitutional amendments.

According to the CEC data, 63.35 percent of voters —or 825,622 people—said “yes,” whereas 32.35 percent—or 421,593 people—said “no” to the proposed amendments.

In line with preliminary data, however, the voter turnout in the referendum was quite low, as 1,296,368 people, or 50.51 percent of the total number of voters, have cast their ballots in this plebiscite.

The referendum on Armenia’s constitutional amendments was conducted on Sunday.

Following the independence of Armenia in 1991, the Constitution was adopted on July 5, 1995, which is marked as Constitution Day.

The Constitution was amended in 2005, and the country switched from a presidential to a semi-presidential system of governance.

And pursuant to the currently proposed amendments, the country will make a transition from a semi-presidential to a parliamentary system of governance, and conduct completely proportional parliamentary elections.