Sunday, September 23 2018 10:24

ArmInfo. "I voted for the worthy, forward future of Yerevan," Raffi Hovhannisyan, candidate for mayor of the Armenian capital, leader of the Heritage party, told  reporters after fulfilling his civic duty in the elections to the  Yerevan City Council at the polling station N157.

According to Hovhannisyan, today one winner is evident - this is the  people who got real opportunities for the election of the mayor of  the capital, whose name may already be tomorrow, September 24. He  noted that the party had earlier transferred information about  inaccuracies in the lists of voters to law enforcement agencies. "It  is important that the violations were minimized, and the voter was  confident in his choice," the mayor said, expressing confidence in  the fairness of the elections. He also stressed the importance of the  current vote, which will be a prelude to the extraordinary  parliamentary elections. "We will definitely take part in these  elections, and in what format - independently or in the bloc will  become clear after meetings with possible partners and voters," Raffi  Hovhannisyan said.

Extraordinary elections to the Council started on September 23 in the  capital of Armenia elders of Yerevan.  The need for early elections  arose after How the former mayor of the city Taron Margaryan  resigned. After How the Council of Elders could not elect a new  mayor, the government The powers of the members of the Council were  terminated. For the conduct of elections from 08.00 all 475 polling  stations were opened. Voting will last until 20.00. There are four  blocs and eight parties in the elections. According to the results of  the vote, the first number of the list of political force, which  received more than 50% of the vote, automatically becomes the mayor  of the capital of Armenia. If none of the political forces has won  more than 50% of the votes, all factions included in the Council of  Elders have the right to nominate their candidate, who must be  elected by a majority vote of the members of the Council, consisting  of 65 members. The party's candidate is Heritage Party leader Raffi  Hovhannisyan. The "Luys" bloc with the Justice Minister Artak  Zeynalyan, the "My step" with the actor Hayk Marutyan, the ARF  Dashnaktsutyun party "presented the candidate Mikael Manukyan, the"  Reformists "party with the director Artak Avetisyan. on the post of  mayor of the architect Anahit Tarkhanyan.Gevork Sandalyan became the  "leader" of the Democratic-Liberal Union of Armenia, headed by Zaruhi  Postanjyan, headed by Manuel Gasparyan, the party "Ori" Mher  Shahgeldyan, "Yerevanians" - MP Ararat Zohrabyan, and "Prosperous  Armenia" party - MP Naira Zohrabyan