Regular elections to Armenia’s National Assembly have begun. All 2,005 polling stations across the country opened at 8:00 a.m. and started receiving voters.
The total number of voters included in the voter register stands at 2,485,851. Of these, 22,734 voters are registered at polling stations according to their place of residence, 492 voters have no registered address, 5,239 police officers have been assigned to polling stations, 627 voters are receiving inpatient medical treatment, and 8 voters are classified as having mobility difficulties.
Polling stations will remain open for 12 hours, until 8:00 p.m.
A total of 18 political forces are taking part in the parliamentary election: two electoral alliances and sixteen political parties.
The political forces appear on the ballot papers under the following numbers:
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Reformists Party (prime ministerial candidate: Vahan Babayan)
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“I Am Against Everyone” Democratic Party (Nina Karapetyants)
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“Strong Armenia” Alliance (“Strong Armenia,” “New Era,” “Armenia Is Me”) (Samvel Karapetyan)
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Armenian Meritocratic Party (Gurgen Simonyan)
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“New Force” Reformist Party (Hayk Marutyan)
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“Wings of Unity” Party (Arman Tatoyan)
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Prosperous Armenia Party (Gagik Tsarukyan)
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Pan-Armenian National Democratic Pole Party (Varuzhan Avetisyan)
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“Kochari: National Revival and Awakening of the Nation” Party (Artak Sargsyan)
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Armenian National Congress Party (Levon Zurabyan)
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Republic Party (Aram Sargsyan)
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Christian Democratic Party (Levon Shirinyan)
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Democratic Consolidation Party (Suren Petrosyan)
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Democracy, Law and Discipline (DOK) Party (Vardan Ghukasyan)
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Civil Contract Party (Nikol Pashinyan)
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Armenia Alliance, comprising the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) and the Forward Right-Centrist Party (Robert Kocharyan)
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For the Republic – Defenders of Democracy Party (Arman Babajanyan)
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Bright Armenia Party (Edmon Marukyan)
Alliance Party had also registered to participate in the elections and had been assigned ballot number 13. However, the party later applied to the Central Electoral Commission requesting the cancellation of its registration.
