MPG`s final survey identifies main candidates for Yerevan Mayor`s  position 

ArmInfo. The MPG consulting company, which is the official representative of the International Gallup Association in Armenia, presented the final, closing survey on the eve of the elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan.

During a press conference on September 15,  MPG LLC Director Aram  Navasardyan presented the last survey, the results of which differ  slightly from the previously conducted 2 surveys related to the  election of the mayor (September 5-6) and (August 28-30).

According to the results, the majority of respondents (22.5%) are  ready to support with their votes the ruling party "Civil Contract"  (Tigran Avinyan), followed by the "National Progress" party (Hayk  Marutyan) - 14.3% and the "Mother Armenia" party (Andranik) Tevanyan)  - 7.8%.

The remaining votes respondents are ready to give for "Public Voice"  - 6.7%, "Country to Live" - 5.7%, "Republic" - 5.2%, "Lusavor  Hayastan" - 3.8%, "Victory" - 3.6%, "Fair Armenia" - 2.3%, "Uzh  Hayrenyats"  - 1.9%, "United Armenia" - 1.3%, European Party of  Armenia and "Democratic Consolidation" - 1.1% each.  At the same  time, 9.9% of respondents found it difficult to answer, and 11.6%  completely refused to talk about their preferences.

According to the survey results, 55% of respondents will definitely  come to vote in the elections, 13.8% answered "most likely yes", 8.4%  most likely no, 20.7% definitely no, 2.1% found it difficult to  answer.  To the question "is the mayor's position a political  position for you or is it the governor/manager of Yerevan," 43.1% of  respondents answered that this is a manager (compared to the April  survey a decline in votes of 14%), 39.4% - are sure that this is a  political position (an increase of 5% compared to April); 17.5% found  it difficult to answer (versus 4.5% in April).

At the same time, only 32.7% of respondents became familiar with the  election programs of political forces. Among them, the majority  (42.7%) showed interest in the "Civil Contract", 14.5% - studied the  party program of  "Country to Live", 13.7% - "National Progress",  9.2% - "Republic", 7.6% - "Mother Armenia", 7.3% - "Public Voice",  4.2% each - "Lusavor Hayastan" and "European Party of Armenia", 3.8%  - "For Social Justice", 3.4 % - " Uzh Hayrenyats ", 3.1% - "Fair  Armenia", 3.1% - "Victory", 2.3% - United Armenia, 0.8% - "Democratic  Consolidation". 19.5% stated that they got acquainted with all the  programs, 12.6% found it difficult to answer.

The percentage of citizens participating in meetings organized by  political forces remains low - only 7.7% of respondents. Of this  number, 4.7% participated in the meetings of the "Civil Contract",  0.6% - "National Progress", 0.4% each- "Country to Live" and "Mother  of Armenia", 0.1% each- "Public Voice" , ,  , . 1.4% found it difficult to answer.

The survey was conducted through telephone calls to residents of  Yerevan from September 12 to 13, 2023, the sample size was 802  people, the sampling error was +/- 3.5%.

In 2011, MPG became the official representative in Armenia of the  International Gallup Association, one of the most prestigious and  independent public opinion research organizations in the world.   Since 2003, MPG, working in the market of sociological and marketing  research, has implemented more than 800 projects of various sizes.