The campaign for local self-government elections kicked off today in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) and will end on September 6.

The Central Electoral Commission of Artsakh summed up the results yesterday, which was the last day for submitting nominations.

Candidates for heads of 415 communities and for members of 2,573 councils of elders will be running in the local self-government elections set to take place on September 8.

There are 5 candidates for mayor of Stepanakert.

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun will endorse Grigory Ayvazyan in the local self-government elections in Stepanakert. Other political parties haven’t expressed their positions yet.

There are 44 candidates running for member of the Council of Elders of Stepanakert.