Armenia has learned who its citizens will be voting for
The results of a new opinion poll on voters’ attitudes ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7 have been released in Armenia. The data was presented by Aram Navasardyan, director of MPG, a member of the GALLUP International Association in Armenia, who also reported on voters’ readiness to participate in the election.
When asked which party or bloc they would vote for in the June 7 elections to the National Assembly of Armenia, respondents’ answers were distributed as follows:
– 32.4% – for the ruling “Civic Contract” party –
16.4% – for the “Strong Armenia” bloc –
15.2% – for the “Armenia” bloc –
8.8% – for the “Prosperous Armenia” party –
6.2% – for the “Wings of Unity” party
According to Navasardyan, these are the political forces that, based on the poll results, will enter parliament. He noted that the combined result of the four opposition forces is 46.6%, which is approximately 15% higher than that of the ruling “Civic Contract” party.
He also noted that two other forces retain the potential to enter parliament: the “Democracy, Law and Discipline (abbreviated as DOK)—3.2%—and “Enlightened Armenia”—3.1%.
According to the poll, the “New Force” party received 2.1%, “Me Against All” – 2%, the “Republic” party – 1.5%, the Armenian National Congress (ANC) – 0.3%, the “In the Name of the Republic – Defenders of Democracy” party – 0.2%, the Christian Democratic Party – 0.1%, the “Democratic Union” party – 0.1%, the “Kochari – National Revival and Awakening of the Nation” party – 0.1%, “National Democratic Pole” – 0.1%.
2.1% of respondents found it difficult to answer the question, and 4.2% refused to answer.
The telephone survey was conducted on June 2–3, with 1,104 citizens participating, according to Panorama.am.
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