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ARMENIAN POLICE: NEARLY 25,000 PEOPLE ADDED TO ELECTORAL REGISTERS IN ARMENIA OVER LAST EIGHT MONTHS
arminfo
Thursday, January 10, 13:21
In the period since May 5 2012 up to Jan 6 2013 the preliminary
electoral registers in Armenia were replenished with 25,053 citizens,
the press-service of the Armenian Police reports.
According to the source, during the parliamentary elections on May 5
2012 the number of voters totaled 2 485 844 people. A total of 60 645
citizens who receive passports, were demobilized, and achieved maturity
were included in the electoral registers (including 29,986 are at the
age of 18). At the same time, another 35 592 people were removed from
the registers after death or for other reasons (including 15 572 died).
The presidential election will be held on Feb 18. Fifteen people
submitted the necessary documents to the CEC for registration
as candidates for president. The deadline for registration is
Jan 14. The presidential campaign will start on January 21 and
continue till the midnight of Feb 18. The incumbent president Serzh
Sargsyan is the favorite candidate. The other candidates are the
former prime minister Hrant Bagratyan from the Liberty Party. All
the remaining are self-nominated candidates: Leader of the Union
for National Self-Determination Party Paruyr Hayrikyan, Leader of
Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian, Advisor for Political Issues of the
Refugees and the International Law Civil Society Network, ex-foreign
minister of NKR Arman Melikyan, Leader of the Progressive Socialist
Party Robert Aharonyan, Director of Hay Radio Andreas Ghukasyan,
unemployed ethnographer Vardan Sedrakyan, Head of Kashatagh NGO Robert
Simonyan,pensioner Pavlik Sargsyan, unemployed Mher Hayrapetyan,
and head of the NAtional Press Club Narine Lazarian. The elections
will be held on Feb 18 2013.
Another two candidate, a member of Prosperous Armenia Party Ruben
Ayvazyan and a non-party man Taron Abrahamyan have withdrawn their
candidatuyres.
arminfo
Thursday, January 10, 13:21
In the period since May 5 2012 up to Jan 6 2013 the preliminary
electoral registers in Armenia were replenished with 25,053 citizens,
the press-service of the Armenian Police reports.
According to the source, during the parliamentary elections on May 5
2012 the number of voters totaled 2 485 844 people. A total of 60 645
citizens who receive passports, were demobilized, and achieved maturity
were included in the electoral registers (including 29,986 are at the
age of 18). At the same time, another 35 592 people were removed from
the registers after death or for other reasons (including 15 572 died).
The presidential election will be held on Feb 18. Fifteen people
submitted the necessary documents to the CEC for registration
as candidates for president. The deadline for registration is
Jan 14. The presidential campaign will start on January 21 and
continue till the midnight of Feb 18. The incumbent president Serzh
Sargsyan is the favorite candidate. The other candidates are the
former prime minister Hrant Bagratyan from the Liberty Party. All
the remaining are self-nominated candidates: Leader of the Union
for National Self-Determination Party Paruyr Hayrikyan, Leader of
Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian, Advisor for Political Issues of the
Refugees and the International Law Civil Society Network, ex-foreign
minister of NKR Arman Melikyan, Leader of the Progressive Socialist
Party Robert Aharonyan, Director of Hay Radio Andreas Ghukasyan,
unemployed ethnographer Vardan Sedrakyan, Head of Kashatagh NGO Robert
Simonyan,pensioner Pavlik Sargsyan, unemployed Mher Hayrapetyan,
and head of the NAtional Press Club Narine Lazarian. The elections
will be held on Feb 18 2013.
Another two candidate, a member of Prosperous Armenia Party Ruben
Ayvazyan and a non-party man Taron Abrahamyan have withdrawn their
candidatuyres.