ArmInfo.The candidate from Prosperous Armenia Vahagn Gevorgyan, who is the incumbent mayor, won mayor elections in Abovyan.
His rival candidate from the ruling ''My Step'' bloc Grigor Ghulyan, for whom Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan personally campaigned, lost to Gevorgyan, losing 409 votes. Vahagn Gevorgyan is a protege of the head of the PAP Gagik Tsarukyan, who actually <controls> the Abovyan region. The elections were not without incidents; supporters of the incumbent mayor were summoned from Abovyan to an anonymous call about their illegal possession of weapons and ammunition. They were subsequently released because the information was false.
The day before the elections, unknown persons set fire to the apartment and the car of the candidate from the government Ghulyan.
Elections were held in other communities. Thus, in the village of Spandaryan, the acting headman, a supporter of the Republican Party, won, and in the village of Azatamut, 91% of the villagers voted for the candidate from <Dashnaktsutyun> Vahagn Alaverdyan.