27 political parties and 1 electoral bloc contend for parl elections

[Emil Lazarian]

According to final data, 27 political parties and 1 electoral bloc
contending for parliamentary seats

Arminfo
2007-03-03 18:44:00


At 6 PM Saturday, the Central Electoral Commission of Armenia stopped
receiving documents from political parties and blocs intending to
participate in the May 12 parliamentary elections.

CEC press-secretary Tsovinar Khachatryan told an ArmInfo correspondent
that according to the final data, the number of participants in the
elections totalled 28. During the past one hour, party lists were
presented by the National Consent Party (12 people), the
Christian-People's Revival (22), The Youth Party of Armenia (22), the
Dashink Party (47) led by former Defense Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh
Samvel Babayan, the Armenian National Movement (70), and the United
National-Liberal Party of Armenia.


Earlier, documents were presented by the Progressive Unified Communist
Party of Armenia, the Republic Party, the National Unity Party, the
National Democratic Party, the Prosperous Armenia Party, the People's
Party, the People's Way, the Liberal-Progressive Party of Armenia, the
Progressive Party of Armenia, the Democratic Party of Armenia, the
People's Party of Armenia, the Communist Party of Armenia, The Marxist
Party of Armenia, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaksutyun,
the Homeland of Armenians Party, the United Labor Party of Armenia,
the New Times Party, the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party, the
Heritage Party, the Orinats Yerkir Party, the Impeachment bloc and the
Republican Party of Armenia.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress