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Turnout reaches 15.8 percent at Armenian elections as of 11:00

Armenia Materials 6 May 2012 14:28 (UTC +04:00)
As of 11:00 the voter turnout in the election of the Armenian parliament of fifth convocation was 15.8 percent, or more than 380,000 voters, Armenia Today reported.
Turnout reaches 15.8 percent at Armenian elections as of 11:00

As of 11:00 the voter turnout in the election of the Armenian parliament of fifth convocation was 15.8 percent, or more than 380,000 voters, Armenia Today reported.

It should be noted that, according to the police, the number of Armenian voters is 2,484,003 people, additional voter lists included about 19,500 people. In addition, for the first time in Armenia electronic voting has been introduced, which will be attended by 238 electors - employees of diplomatic missions and their families.

Republic-wide parliamentary elections are held in Armenia.

Some 647 international observers monitor the parliamentary elections, including from the OSCE / ODIHR, PACE, CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, CIS observation mission, the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), International expert Center for Electoral Systems (ICES), the European Parliament, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, international organization SILBA, representatives of the embassies and foreign CECs accredited in Armenia.

Armenian CEC has also registered an unprecedented number of local observers - more than 31,000, representing 53 non-governmental organizations.

Some 9,000 policemen are providing security.

Armenian CEC on the basis of the results obtained from the county commissions, will sum up the preliminary results of elections not later than 24 hours after the vote, and announced them in a live broadcast of the Public Television and Radio of Armenia.

The final decision on the election results will be made on the seventh day after the vote.

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