CEC Chairperson: Strong Armenia demands annulment of results at one  polling station due to absence of ballots from one of political  parties

ArmInfo. The "Strong Armenia" bloc demanded the annulment of results at polling station 12/13 due to the absence of ballots from the All-Armenian National Democratic Pole (NDP) party. This was stated by Vahagn Hovakimyan, Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia, in a conversation with  journalists in parliament on June 10, asking whether they had  received requests to annul the results.

According to Hovakimyan, the absence of ballots from polling station  number 8 (NDP party - ed.) at this station only became known around  6:00 PM. "The Strong Armenia bloc approached us with this demand.   They demanded that the results at polling station 12/13 be annulled.  It was only discovered at 6:00 PM that the PDP ballots were missing.  A decision on this and other issues will be made in the coming days,"  Hovakimyan noted.

Overall, according to the CEC Chairman, requests for a recount have  been received from only three parties:  the Prosperous Armenia Party,  the Strong Armenia bloc, and the Wings of Unity Party. He also noted  that they currently intend to conduct a recount at all polling  stations in Yerevan. Hovakimyan explained that this request came from  the Wings of Unity Party. "Votes will most likely be recounted at all  polling stations in Yerevan. This was the request of Arman Tatoyan,  the prime ministerial candidate from the Wings of Unity Party. This  will be done if possible," Hovakimyan stated. At the same time, the  CEC Chairman disagreed with the assertion that counting errors arose  after it became clear that the Civil Contract party could not form  the country's government alone due to an insufficient number of  mandates. Hovakimyan assured that all processes were conducted with  maximum transparency, given that video recordings of the vote count  at each polling station are publicly available. "I already said it-it  couldn't have been that some party's numbers suddenly decreased. They  were simply entered incorrectly on the website. And the preliminary  results were formed based on these numbers," the CEC Chairman  concluded.

As a reminder, parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on June  7, 2026. Voter turnout was 58.97%.  According to preliminary data  from the Central Election Commission, Nikol Pashinyan's ruling Civil  Contract party, Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia bloc, and second  president Robert Kocharyan's Armenia bloc are all in parliament. The  remaining candidates scored below the required 4% threshold 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 June  7 parliamentary elections. Therefore, the party will not be included  in 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 the Armenian parliament. This was solemnly announced by  Pashinyan himself late at night, when data from only about 10% of  polling stations had been processed.