YEREVAN. – According to preliminary data, Diana Gasparyan, who was nominated by the Civil Contract Party, has won the mayoral election in Armenia’s Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin) city.

The Central Electoral Commission has informed that, according to preliminary data, Armenia’s first female mayor-elect received 8,076 votes. The mayoral contender who came second garnered 3,699 votes.

Twelve candidates ran in the snap mayoral election in Vagharshapat.