Nikol Pashinyan: People made their choice in Abovyan, the authorities did not affect the results

ArmInfo. Are there any conclusions made after the elections in Abovyan, of course. The Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said this on June 13 in an interview to "Shant" TV channel, commenting on the elections to local government last week."We believe that elections in the enlarged communities and cities should be carried out according to the proportional electoral system as well as in Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor. We need to apply this practice in all large communities," Pashinyan stressed.The Prime Minister also noted that the government in no way affected the election results. "Moreover, I want to note that the Civil Contract party does not set goals to win always and everywhere, because otherwise we will return to the old vicious practice. But on the other hand, this does not mean that we should approach the elections from we want to lose, "said Pashinyan.

It should be noted that elections were held on June 8 in the city of Abovyan. The two main opponents in this election were the representative of the Civil Contract Party Grigor Gulyan and the candidate from the Prosperous Armenia Party, the current mayor of Vahagn Gevorkyan. For Gulyan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan personally campaigned. However, Gevorkian won. As a result, Vahagn Gevorkian scored 8,441 votes, and his main rival was the representative of the ruling party "Civil Contract", head of the department of socio-economic development in the administration of Kotayk region Grigor Ghulian - 8032 votes.Recall that the elections were held in other communities. So in the village of Spandaryan, the current headman, a supporter of the Republican Party, won, and in the village of Azatamut, 91% of the villagers voted for the ARF <Dashnaktsutyun> candidate Vahagn Alaverdyan.