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    Interfax
    Russia & CIS Presidential Bulletin
    February 20, 2008

    SARGSYAN WINS ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN FIRST ROUND - CEC


    With all 100% of ballots processed, Armenian Prime Minister Serzh
    Sargsyan has won the Armenian presidential elections in the first
    round, winning 52.86% of votes, chairman of the Armenian Central
    Elections Commission (CEC) Garegin Azarian said.

    According to Article 51 of the Armenian Constitution, a candidate who
    wins 50% plus one vote at an election becomes president, Azarian
    said.

    All 100% of ballots from 1,923 polling stations were processed,
    Azarian told Interfax. A total of 1,670,656 people took part in the
    election. A total of 34,849 ballots were invalidated.

    Former Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosian and Orinats Yerkir
    party leader Artur Bagdasarian came next with 21.5% and 16.66%,
    respectively. National Assembly Deputy Speaker and member of the
    Dashnaktsutiun party bureau Vaan Ovannisian won 6.12%. Other
    candidates won less than 2% of votes.

    Nine candidates ran for the Armenian presidency at the February 19
    election.

    At the same time armenian opposition, including supporters of the
    former president, Levon Ter-Petrosian, who remain discontent with the
    results of the presidential election, have been staging protests in
    Yerevan since noon.

    They believe their candidate won the first round and did not muster
    only 21% of the vote.

    Nikol Pashinian of Ter-Petrosian's campaign headquarters said at the
    rally: "The process has begun, we expect a vast rally. Our supporters
    are driving around the city and telling people. We are expecting
    people from the regions."

    "It would be a crime for us to leave the country in the hands of a
    criminal regime," Pashinian said.

    The Armenian authorities are taking necessary steps to maintain
    security.

    At once international election monitors from OSHR have found that the
    Armenian elections have met with OSCE standards.

    A statement by the OSHR mission was voiced in Yerevan on Wednesday by
    Vice President of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
    Europe's Parliamentary Assembly Anne-Marie Lizin, who heads a
    short-term mission of OSCE PA election observers.

    The statement says that Armenia's electoral code is in need of
    improvement and that the level of citizens' trust in election
    processes should be enhanced.

    The Armenian presidential election, held on February 19, were
    observed by the OSCE /ODIHR, a mission of the Commonwealth of
    Independent States (CIS,) the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the CIS
    Inter- Parliamentary Assembly, the Parliamentary Assembly of the
    Council of Europe and the European Parliament.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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