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PRELIMINARY RESULTS: BAKO SAAKYAN LEADING IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 20 2007
STEPANAKERT, July 20. /ARKA/. Preliminary results of Nagorno-Karabakh
presidential elections show that Bako Saakyan, former National Security
chief, is leading in the presidential race leaving his rivals far
behind.
The Central Elections Commission says Friday at 10:00 a.m. that
Saakyan had scored 57 828 votes or 85.42% of total number.
Nagorno-Karabakh Deputy Foreign Minister Masis Mailyan, another
presidential candidate, won 8270 votes or 12.21%.
The third candidate, MP Armen Abgaryan got 856 votes or 1.26%.
The commission says that 0.8% or 539 people cast their votes for Hrant
Melkumyan, government control service chief and Communist Party leader.
Vanya Hovhannisyan, lecturer at Artsakh State University, managed to
get only 202 votes or 0.3%.
The Central Election Commission recorded 77.36-percent turnout. It
means 71 285 people went to the poll on Thursday.
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 20 2007
STEPANAKERT, July 20. /ARKA/. Preliminary results of Nagorno-Karabakh
presidential elections show that Bako Saakyan, former National Security
chief, is leading in the presidential race leaving his rivals far
behind.
The Central Elections Commission says Friday at 10:00 a.m. that
Saakyan had scored 57 828 votes or 85.42% of total number.
Nagorno-Karabakh Deputy Foreign Minister Masis Mailyan, another
presidential candidate, won 8270 votes or 12.21%.
The third candidate, MP Armen Abgaryan got 856 votes or 1.26%.
The commission says that 0.8% or 539 people cast their votes for Hrant
Melkumyan, government control service chief and Communist Party leader.
Vanya Hovhannisyan, lecturer at Artsakh State University, managed to
get only 202 votes or 0.3%.
The Central Election Commission recorded 77.36-percent turnout. It
means 71 285 people went to the poll on Thursday.