Pashinyan's party leading early parliamentary polls in Armenia  - CEC

Armenian acting Prime Minisger Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract party is leading early parliamentary elections with 55.61% of the vote. It is followed by former President Robert Kocharyan's bloc, which is scoring 20.01% of votes, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Sunday after processing data from 75.9% of polling stations.

According to CEC, next are I Have Honor alliance bloc of ex-President Serzh Sargsyan (5.27% of the votes) and Gagik Tsarukyan's party Prosperous Armenia (4.3%).

Armenia held early parliamentary elections on Sunday. Twenty-five parties and blocs, including acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract party and Armenia Alliance, led by the country’s second president Robert Kocharyan, were contesting seats in the national legislature. A party needs to garner at least 5% of the vote to be elected. The threshold for a bloc is 7%. The country has over 2.5 million registered voters. The voter turnout at the end of voting was 49.4%

Under Armenia's constitution, if neither of the political forces manages to win more than 54% of seats, all parties will have six days to form a coalition government. In case the parliament fails to form a coalition of at least 54% of lawmakers, a runoff election will be called in 28 days. Two political forces that won the biggest number of votes in the first round of voting will take part.