MPG: The poll showed a narrowing of the gap between the main rivals  in the elections to the parliament of Armenia - Pashinyan and  Kocharyan

ArmInfo. The gap between the party of acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and the bloc headed by the second President of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharian are consistently reduced. Consulting company MPG (Marketing  Professional Group - the exclusive representative of the  International GALLUP Association in Armenia) has published the  results of the latest poll around the early parliamentary elections  to be held on June 20.

Thus, according to director of "MPG" LLC Aram Navasardyan, according  to the results of the poll, the majority of citizens still intend to  take part in the parliamentary elections to be held in June this  year. In particular, 55.3% of the respondents noted that they would  definitely go to vote, 11.9% - "most likely yes," 10.6% - "most  likely not," 20.7% - "definitely not," and 1.5 % - found it difficult  to answer. 

At the same time, as Navasardyan pointed out, the experience of past  years shows that those who say that they are likely to go to the  elections, in the end, nevertheless, do not take part in them.  When   asked if elections were held this Sunday, 22.4% of respondents would  vote for the My Step election bloc, 20.6% for the Hayastan bloc.  Meanwhile, as the expert explained, the company's specialists have  identified a certain dynamics. 

Thus, the results of the first poll for February 15,2021 - February  17,2021 showed that 33.1% of respondents would vote for the My Step  election bloc, and 7.8% for the Hayastan bloc headed by Robert  Kocharyan. Over the past period, "votes for Pashinyan" dropped from  about 33% to 22.4%, while "Kocharyan's supporters", on the contrary,  recorded an almost threefold increase.  

This Sunday, 4.2% voted for the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), 3.9%  - for the "I have the Honor" bloc, 2.9% for , 2.1%  for the , 1.7% supported the bloc, 0.5% - for the Armenian National Congress, 1.5% -  for , 0.5% - for the <5165> party. At the same time,  0.5% would support the party and the Alliance  party, the Citizen's Decision - 0.3%,  and 0.7% of the respondents  presented other options. 13.4% of the respondents refused to answer  the question, 9.1% found it difficult to answer.

At the same time, the majority of rural communities and regional  cities, respectively, 31.8% and 19.4%, vote for Pashinyan's party.  And in Yerevan only 15.1% are ready to vote for him. Meanwhile, more  votes for Kocharian's bloc are in Yerevan - 24.6%, in regional cities  - 23.4% and in villages - 14.5%. For the PAP, they are also more  willing to vote in rural areas - 6.4%, 4.3% in regional cities, 1.7%  - in the capital.  "I have the Honor" in the capital is supported by  7.3%, 3.4% in regional cities and 1.3% in villages.  At the same  time, the majority of rural communities and regional cities, 31.8%  and 19.4% respectively, vote for Pashinyan's party. And in Yerevan  only 15.1% are ready to vote for him. Meanwhile, it is Yerevan taht  gives more votes come for Kocharyan's bloc -24.6%. 23.4% in regional  cities and 14.5% in villages.  Rural settlements are also more ready  to vote for the PAP - 6.4%, 4.3% in regional cities, 1.7% in the  capital. "I have honor" is supported by 7.3% in the capital, 3.4% in  regional cities and 1.3% in villages.  The respondents were asked to  express their attitude to the actions of government officials and  government agencies. In particular, the activities of acting Armenian  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was positively assessed by 27% of the  polled, President Armen Sarkissian - 26.7%, the government - 24.8%,  and the National Assembly - 21.9%.  At the same time, as Navasardyan  noted at the very beginning of the presentation, he originally  planned to call it "Cheating", because despite the fact that the  pre-election campaign for the early parliamentary elections in  Armenia will begin on June 7 and end on June 18 at 12:00 pm, large  political parties- the blocs have already started their pre-election  campaign. Because of this, according to the expert, minor  participants in the pre-election race suffer, since they, unlike the  "big players", do not have the appropriate resources, including  media. As a result, Navasardyan decided to call the presentation  "Idiot, ka?> (Is there an idiot?, Ed. note), due to the well-known  developments that took place yesterday in parliament (Deputy Speaker  of the Parliament, MP from the ruling" My Step "faction Lena Nazaryan  named an independent MP Taguhi Tovmasyan is an idiot. Ed. note) To  note, the poll was conducted through telephone calls to residents of  Armenia in the period from May 31 to June 4 this year, the sample  size was 1101, the sampling error was +/- 3.5%.