The majority of the population of Armenia does not expect the parliamentary polls to be fair, the Public Center for Political Studies says. The organization held social polls with 1320 people involved, 739 (56%) of them were women and 581 (44%) were men. Only 32% expect the elections to be fair, 68% have a contrary view, ArmInfo reports.
Many people questioned say that they will vote for individuals rather than parties (31%). Some will vote for parties or their representatives that did something useful for the population (28%). This includes Gagik Tsarukyan (20%), Serzh Sargsyan (19%), Artur Bagdasaryan (17%). Only 11% believe in parties’ promises. 8% offer to sell their votes.
Sociologists state that 54% of the population gets information from TV and 19% from press. 54% have no permanent jobs or have temporary jobs. 16% work in the private sector, 18% for the government, 12% are students. 44% of people questioned have higher education, 17% of them were technical specialists. 34% were aged 50 and older. The social polls were carried out from March 20 to April 7.
Armenia will have parliamentary polls on May 6. 8 political parties run for parliament: the Republican Party, Prosperous Armenia, Orinats Yerkir, Heritage, Communist Party, Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun, Democratic Party, United Armenians and the Armenian National Congress.
