Pashinyan’s party gains right to independently form cabinet: results of Armenian elections

YEREVAN, June 8. /TASS/. The ruling Civil Contract party of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, according to preliminary data from the Central Election Commission based on all 2,005 polling stations, is receiving 49.81% of the vote in the parliamentary elections.

At the same time, it gains the right to unilaterally form the country’s cabinet.

TASS has compiled the main results.

- The ruling Civil Contract party of Pashinyan, according to preliminary data from the Central Election Commission based on all 2,005 polling stations, is receiving 49.81% of the vote.

- It gains the right to unilaterally form the country’s cabinet, since under the law parties that receive the majority of votes are allocated additional mandates for the republic’s national minorities.