ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan congratulated the people of Artsakh on the past presidential and parliamentary elections. This was announced by the prime minister during a government meeting.
He said that the elections were held at a very high level, as evidenced by the results and feedback from observers. The prime minister emphasized that according to preliminary data, the leader of the Free Homeland party Araik Harutyunyan did not have enough several hundred votes to win the presidential election in the first round. <This fact speaks for itself. Moreover, this time an unprecedented number of political forces and candidates took part in the parliamentary and presidential elections. The fact that the second and third place in the parliamentary elections was not held by pro-government, but by opposition forces speaks for itself>, the prime minister emphasized. Pashinyan said that the further development of democracy in Artsakh is very important from the point of view of a fair solution to the Karabakh issue. "Moreover, it will play a role in terms of ensuring stability and security in the region," the prime minister concluded. It should be noted that on March 31 the presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Artsakh.
According to the NKR Central Executive Committee, the second round of the presidential election will be held in the republic since none of the presidential candidates scored the required 50% + 1 votes for the final election victory.
The second round of the presidential election will be held 14 days after the vote, that is, April 14th. According to preliminary data from the CEC, former Prime Minister Araik Harutyunyan won 49.26% of the vote, while Foreign Minister Masis Mayilyan won 26.4. In third place is the ex-secretary of the Security Council, Vitaliy Balasanyan, who scored 14.7%.
Five parties will enter the new parliament of Nagorno-Karabakh. The majority of votes were gained by the Free Homeland / United Civil Alliance bloc (40.4%), led by ex-Prime Minister Araik Harutyunyan. Also, the United Motherland parties - 23.63%, Justice - 7.9%, ARF Dashnaktsutyun - 6.4% and the Democratic Party of Artsakh - 5.81% passed to parliament.