Nikol Pashinyan: Despite rain, snow and the lack of "electoral  buses", all of us should go to polling station

ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who heads the list of My Step bloc, hopes that gloomy weather will not frighten the Armenian voter. "Despite  the rain, snow and the absence of  "electoral buses "everyone should  go to the polling station," Pashinyan wrote on his Facebook page.

Snap parliamentary elections are being held today in Armenia, in  which 9 parties and 2 blocs participate:  the "My step" bloc headed  by Armenian Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Republican Party  of Armenia, Prosperous Armenia Party, Enlightened Armenia, Sasna  Tsrer, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, Orinats Yerkir, Citizen's Decision,  National Progress, ''Christian-National Revival'' party and ''We''  bloc. Political parties need to overcome the 5% threshold and  blocs-7% to enter parliament. If only two political forces overcome  the threshold, the force which took the third place, regardless of  the result, will also receive mandates, since the Constitution  guarantees the presence in the representative body of at least three  parties or blocs.

According to the "GALLUP International Association" poll for the  Armenian parliamentary elections, the ruling "My Step" bloc with  69.4% of votes is the absolute favorite in the election race. The  ruling bloc, as in the past, is followed by the party "Prosperous  Armenia" with 5.7% votes. 3.8% of voters are ready to cast votes for  the "Enlightened Armenia" party. This is followed by "Sasna Tsrer"  with 1.4%, the Republican Party -1.5%, ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" - 1.2%,  "We" bloc -0.8%, "Orinats Yerkir" -0.4%, . Following the OE, the  party "Citizen's Decision" is to get- 0.3%, the "National Progress"  party -0.1%. "Christian-Revival" is forecasted to get 0% rating. 8.7%  of respondents refused to answer questions, 7% found it difficult to  answer. According to the survey, 75.5% of the respondents will  participate in the elections, 14.6% are more likely to participate,  2.7% are more likely not to participate, but 5.7% definitely do not  intend to participate. The polling error is 3%.