According to preliminary data, Samvel Balasanyan of Prosperous Armenia won the mayor elections in Gyumri on September 9, Armenia Today reports.
Balasanyan got about 27,650 votes, followed by Ovsep Simonyan of Dashnaktsutyun with 1.5 times less votes. Andranik Avetyan and Spartak Petrosyan got 2500 and 2100 votes respectively.
Gyumri is the second largest city of Armenia, center of Shirak. It has a population of 146,000 people.
Vanadzor Mayor Samvel Darbinyan won the elections, according to preliminary information.
Samvel Darbinyan got 21,321 votes, Edik Karakhan got 13,091, Karen Tumanyan 4249, Taron Apresyan 2421 and Tigran Grigoryan 1287.
