RA Prosecutor General`s Office: 400 reports of crimes related to  expression of will received during Armenia parliamentary elections

ArmInfo.From the start of the regular parliamentary elections in Armenia on February 7, 2026, to  June 7, 2026, as of 6:00 PM, 425 reports of overt crimes obstructing the electoral process have been received.

The press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia told  ArmInfo that of the 425 reports, criminal proceedings were initiated  in 186 of them. "Public criminal prosecutions were initiated against  300 individuals. Fourteen criminal cases against 42 individuals with  approved indictments were transferred to the competent court," the  office reported.

According to a source, petitions to initiate criminal prosecution and  obtain consent for imprisonment were submitted to the Central  Electoral Commission (CEC) against 13 parliamentary candidates.  Twelve of these petitions were granted, and one petition will be  reviewed soon. "Sixteen anonymous reports were received through the  azdararir.am website, including from June 3 to 7. The data submitted  to the prosecutor's office is regularly updated," the Prosecutor  General's Office of Armenia summarized.

As a reminder, 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. Voter turnout for the regular parliamentary elections  at the close of polling stations was 58.97%. By that time, 1,476,597  citizens had voted in the elections out of 2,505,228 eligible voters.

Eighteen political forces - two blocs and 16 parties - participated  in the elections. Among the favorites were the Civil Contract party  of incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Strong Armenia bloc  of businessman Samvel Karapetyan, the Armenia bloc of second  president Robert Kocharyan, and the Prosperous Armenia party of  businessman Gagik Tsarukyan. From early morning, observers and  journalists reported numerous violations during the voting process.