Regular parliamentary elections  underway in Armenia

ArmInfo.  Regular parliamentary elections are underway in Armenia.  A total of 2,500  polling stations opened across the country at 8:00 AM local time,  most of which are equipped with surveillance cameras.

According to data provided by the Migration  and Citizenship Service  of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia, just under 2.5  million citizens are eligible to vote. Eighteen political forces –  including two alliances  and 16 parties – have been registered to  participate in the elections. Among the frontrunners are the "Civil  Contract" party of the incumbent Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol  Pashinyan; the "Strong Armenia" alliance of businessman Samvel  Karapetyan; the "Armenia" alliance of the second president, Robert  Kocharyan; and the "Prosperous Armenia" party of businessman Gagik  Tsarukyan. Since early morning, observers and journalists have been  reporting numerous violations in the organization of  the voting  process.