Armenia presidential election scheduled for March 

ArmInfo. The presidential candidate representing the ruling Civil Contract party, RA Minister of High-Tech Industry Vahan Khachatryan will be elected Armenia's president, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated with confidence at a Cabinet meting on  February 3.  

Mr Khachatryan was nominated for Armenia's presidency by 65 MPs. The  other members of the ruling party could not sign the document for  legal or technical reasons. Armenia's premier hopes that Mr  Khachatryan will be elected Armenia's president at least in the  second ballot. The presidential election is scheduled for March. 

In his turn, Mr Khachatryan thanked the ruling party for trust and  assured the government he will spare no effort to accomplish the  tasks set. 

Under the RA Constitution, at least ¬ of the MPs have the right to  nominate a presidential candidate. The RA National Assembly elects  Armenia's president by at least 1/3 of votes. In case of the second  ballot, all the presidential candidates that participated in the  first ballot can participate in the second. 

The candidate that receives at least 3/5 of the votes will be elected  Armenia's president. In case the president is not elected in the  second ballot, the third ballot will be held, with two leading  candidates participating. 

In the third ballot, the candidate that receives a majority of votes  will be elected Armenia's president.  In case the president is not  elected in the third ballot, a new presidential election is to be  held within ten days. 

The ruling party Civil Contract has 71 seats in Armenia's Parliament,  with the opposition blocs - Armenia and With Honor - having 29 and  nine seats respectively.