Nikol Pashinyan’s bloc wins the early parliamentary elections in Armenia

12:59, 10.12.2018

Armenia’s acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s bloc My Step has won a convincing victory in Sunday’s snap parliamentary election with 70.43 % of votes.

The Central Election Commission of Armenia ended the vote counting process at 07:30 local time.

Prosperous Armenia party went to the second place with 8.27 % of votes. Bright Armenia party won 6.37 % of the vote, the commission said.

The early parliamentary election was held in Armenia yesterday.

Nikol Pashinyan was elected prime minister by lawmakers in May, after weeks of anti-corruption protests. He stepped down in October so parliament could be dissolved ahead of the vote.

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