Pashinyan`s Civil Contract Party losing citizens` support - MPG poll

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract Party  is losing citizens' support, as evidenced by the results of a poll conducted by the MPG consulting company/ "Proud Chipolino".

During the poll, when asked who they would vote for if parliamentary  elections were held on Sunday, only 11.3% said they would vote for  Nikol Pashinyan's ruling Civil Contract party.  Presenting the poll  results at a press conference in Yerevan on January 29, MPG  consulting company head Aram Navasardyan noted that this is a record  figure, a historical minimum that Pashinyan's party has demonstrated  over the past 7 years.  Navasardyan also noted that for the first  time, Vardan Ghukasyan's DOK party has overtaken the Armenia bloc of  the second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, in the ratings,  securing the support of 6.8% of voters.

According to the survey, the Armenia bloc received 6.5% of support,  Gagik Tsarukyan's Prosperous Armenia party - 2.4%, and the I Have the  Honor bloc led by the third president of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, -  2.3%. It is worth mentioning that 27.2% of respondents said they  would not participate in the elections, 15.4% found it difficult to  answer, 10.2% refused to answer, and 13.3% said they would vote  against all candidates.

It should be noted that the survey was conducted via telephone calls  to residents of the Republic of Armenia from January 20 to 22 of this  year. The sample size was 1,100, with a sampling error +/- 3%.  In  2011, MPG became the official representative of the Gallup  International Association in Armenia, one of the most prestigious and  independent public opinion research organizations in the world. Since  2003, MPG, has been working in the market of sociological and  marketing research, and has implemented over 800 projects of various  scales.