The voter turnout at parliamentary elections as of 5 p.m. on Sunday reached 51.53% or 1,300,117, News.am cites the Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission as saying.
Eight political parties and one block have presented their nominations – Republican Party of Armenian, Prosperous Armenia Party, Orinats Yerkir, opposition Armenian National Congress, opposition Heritage Party, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, the Communist Party of Armenia, Democratic Party of Armenia and United Armenians Party.
For entering the National Assembly, parties must poll over 5% of votes, while blocks - over 7%.
