Civil Contract party received majority of votes in Armenia`s capital  - Vahagn Aleksanyan

ArmInfo. In all Yerevan districts, the Civil Contract party (CC) received the majority of votes. Vahagn Aleksanyan, a member of parliament from the ruling party, told reporters on June 9.

He recalled that although the ruling party received fewer votes in  percentage terms than in the 2021 elections, in absolute numbers, it  received more support. Thus, in 2026, 727,000 people voted for the  Civil Contract party, while in 2021, the party received approximately  680,000 votes.

The MP also drew attention to the results in Gyumri, where, according  to him, the opposition was expecting a victory. However, the Civil  Contract party received the support of 27,000 voters, which, as  Aleksanyan noted, represents more than 50% of the vote.

Commenting on the opposition's accusations of violations during the  vote count, particularly at polling stations where undercounts were  recorded, Aleksanyan stated that the current electoral system is  based on mechanical processes, so the possibility of errors cannot be  ruled out. He also expressed confusion that opposition  representatives only mention polling stations where they believe  their votes were undercounted, but do not complain about cases where  the actual number of votes in their favor exceeded the actual count.

Responding to a question about possible personnel changes in the  government, the parliamentarian stated that no such discussions had  taken place within the Civil Contract party.

As a reminder, regular parliamentary elections were held in Armenia  on June 7, 2026. Voter turnout was 58.97%. According to preliminary  data from the Central Election Commission of Armenia, Nikol  Pashinyan's ruling Civil Contract party, Samvel Karapetyan's Strong  Armenia bloc, and second president Robert Kocharyan's Armenia bloc  have all entered parliament. The remaining candidates scored below  the required threshold of 4% for parties and 8-10% for blocs.  Notably, businessman Gagik Tsarukyan's Prosperous Armenia party lost  its 4% threshold after the Central Election Commission adjusted the  preliminary vote counts for the country's parliamentary elections.  Therefore, the party will not enter the new parliament.

From early morning on election day, observers and journalists  reported numerous violations by the ruling party during the voting  process. Thus, Pashinyan's party has the opportunity to  single-handedly form the country's government by securing a majority  of seats in Armenia's parliament. Pashinyan solemnly announced this  late at night, when data from only about 10% of polling stations had  been processed.

Human rights activists, observation missions, and the opposition  disagree with the election results. In particular, the Ayakve Civil  Initiative Council declares the need to challenge the results of the  Armenian parliamentary elections in the Constitutional Court, with  the prospect of their final annulment and the calling of new  elections.

Ayakve recalled that the electoral process took place under extremely  unequal conditions, and that cases of widespread abuse of  administrative resources were also recorded.

Human rights activist Ruben Melikyan stated that the parliamentary  elections in Armenia were completely falsified. "This unfolded before  our very eyes, both before the campaign (for example, through the  'extraordinary' pension increase), and during the campaign  (administrative resources, political persecution, etc.), and on  election day. However, Pashinyan's 'Civil Contract' failed to achieve  the desired result- neither a constitutional majority nor a 50% + 1  vote. It failed even with the elections completely rigged.  And this  happened thanks to the unprecedented activism of our conscientious  citizens," he wrote.