All signals about pressure on voters to be thoroughly investigated -  premier 

ArmInfo. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that all reports of illegal influence on the will of voters during the elections must be thoroughly investigated in order  to exclude them in the future., - he wrote on  the social network.

Recall that on March 30, elections to the councils of elders were  held in Gyumri and Parakar. Voter turnout was 44.61% (58,978). A  total of 132,203 voters had the right to vote in the two communities  (111,236 in Gyumri and 20,967 in Parakar). Observers reported  violations in the elections in Gyumri.

As of 08:00, the Central Election Commission of Armenia published  data from 81 out of 82 polling stations. According to the data, the  ruling party in Armenia, the Civil Contract (acting mayor Sarik  Minasyan), is in the lead with a result of 36.80% (16,938 votes). In  second place is the Communist Party of Armenia (former mayor Vardan  Ghukasyan), for which 20.71% of voters voted (9,537). The third  position is occupied by the Our City bloc (MP Martun Grigoryan) with  a result of 15.85% (7,296). The votes were then distributed as  follows: My Powerful Community Party (Ruben Mkhitaryan) - 7.94%  (3,659), Mother Armenia bloc (Karen Simonyan) - 6.18% (2,844),  European Alliance (Levon Barseghyan) - 4.50% (2,071), Country for  Life Party (Karen Malkhasyan) - 3.60% (1,658), Democratic Alternative  Party (Artem Karakazaryan) - 3.01% (1,387), Labor Socialist Party of  Armenia (Artem Tumanyan) - 1.39% (642). Thus, according to  preliminary data, there will be 5 forces in the Council of Elders of  Gyumri (the threshold for parties is 4%, for blocs - 6%): (Sarik Minasyan), Communist Party of Armenia (Vardan  Ghukasyan), bloc (Martun Grigoryan), party (Ruben Mkhitaryan), bloc (Karen  Simonyan).