Two commission chairpersons and a secretary  detained on night before   elections

ArmInfo. On the night before the elections, two chairpersons and a secretary of electoral  commissions were detained, as stated by Vahagn Hovakimyan, Chairman  of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), to journalists on June 7. 

In total, as he noted, 50 commission members were absent at the start  of the voting process across 48 out of 2,005 polling stations.

Hovakimyan said that the reasons vary—some are related to health  conditions, others to the passing of relatives, and so on. "These are  all natural processes that are always managed," said the head of the  CEC.

It is worth noting that, according to data from the Migration Service  of the Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs, just under 2.5 million  citizens are eligible to vote. Eighteen political forces are  participating in the elections—two alliances and 16 parties.