The opposition in Armenia has declared the election rigged following Pashinyan's victory claim
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced the victory of his party, the “Civic Contract,” in the snap parliamentary elections held on June 7.
At the same time, the main opposition forces categorically refused to recognize the announced election results.
Opposition figures have already publicly accused the current government of large-scale manipulation during the ballot count and of artificially suspending the electoral process.
The head of the Armenian government expressed confidence in the legitimacy of the electoral process and noted a significant increase in support among the country’s population.
“I want to emphasize that the ‘Civic Contract’ party received votes from a larger number of citizens of the Republic of Armenia, a vote of confidence from a larger number of citizens compared to 2021,” Pashinyan said.
According to the prime minister, his political party received sufficient voter support to form a new government on its own.
In contrast, representatives of the opposition camp sharply criticized the vote count and accused the incumbent prime minister’s team of fraud. Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the opposition bloc “Strong Armenia,” called the announced results “shameful.”
The opposition leader added: “Seeing that their results are shamefully declining, and declining by the minute, they stopped the count, and we don’t even know what they will present in the morning.”
According to preliminary official data, four political groups managed to clear the threshold for entering parliament. The ruling “Civic Contract” party received 49.81% of the vote (727,160 voters).
The main rival—the “Strong Armenia” bloc led by Karapetyan—received 23.29% (340,062 votes).
Third place went to Robert Kocharyan’s “Armenia” bloc with 9.94% (145,097 votes), while “Prosperous Armenia” brought up the rear with exactly 4% (58,368 votes). The remaining parties failed to clear the minimum threshold.
Despite Nikol Pashinyan’s confident statements, the issue of forming a government alone remains legally complex. Since the “Civic Contract” received 49.81% of the vote, it did not cross the 50% threshold.
According to the provisions of the current Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia, a political force must secure at least 54% of the seats in the legislature to form a stable majority.
This was reported by the Armenian service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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