Vaharshapat elections preliminary returns: ruling party Civil  Contract wins 

ArmInfo.  According to preliminary data from the Central Electoral Commission of Armenia, the ruling party "Civil Contract" has won the local government elections in the Vagharshapat community, securing the votes of 15,298 voters. This is according to data from the Central Electoral  Commission.

The Central Electoral Commission of Armenia noted that all polling  stations closed at 8:00 PM. 45.12% of voters, or 31,527 people,  participated in the vote. In the Vagharshapat community, 69,866  citizens are eligible to vote.

Thus, based on the vote count at all 47 polling stations, the  "Victory" party received 10,051 votes; the "Pan- Armenian Front"  party - 295; the "Republic" party - 1,241; The National Democratic  Party "Mother Armenia" - 1,692; the Free Democrats Party - 1,177; the  Heritage Party - 440; the Civil Contract Party - 15,298; and the  Homeland Party - 1,193.

The elections were marred by numerous violations. Voters reported  that unknown individuals were registered at their addresses.  Furthermore, observers recorded crowds at polling stations and open  voting.  As is traditional, the power went out at a number of polling  stations towards the end of the day.