Samvel Karapetyan: For opposition to win parliamentary elections,  Commission members must prevent fraud during vote count

ArmInfo.For the opposition to achieve an absolute victory in the parliamentary elections in Armenia, Commission members and their proxies must prevent fraud during the vote count. Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the "Strong  Armenia" bloc, stated this in a video posted on his Facebook page.

He also expressed confidence that victory is very close. "To achieve  an absolute victory, we need all Commission members, as well as our  proxies, to closely monitor the vote count and prevent fraud. Our  victory is very close, rest assured," Karapetyan stated. Narek  Karapetyan, the number one candidate for the Strong Armenia bloc,  noted the historically high voter turnout. "The parliamentary  elections in Armenia have concluded.

The historically high turnout indicates that Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan is losing," noted the member of the Strong Armenia party's  political council. Regular parliamentary elections were held in  Armenia on June 7. 2,500 polling stations opened across the country  at 8:00 AM local time. Most were equipped with surveillance cameras.  Voting concluded at 8:00 PM local time, and polling stations across  the country closed. As of 5:00 PM, voter turnout in the regular  parliamentary elections was 48.92%. By that time, 1,224,957 citizens  had voted in the elections out of a total of 2,505,102 eligible  voters. Eighteen political forces - two blocs and 16 parties -  participated in the elections. The favorites include current Armenian  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract party, businessman  Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia bloc, second president Robert  Kocharyan's Armenia bloc, and businessman Gagik Tsarukyan's  Prosperous Armenia party. From early morning, observers and  journalists reported numerous violations during the voting process.