Armenia election: Prime Minister Pashinyan declares victory
Key takeaways
- The election result, once confirmed, would cement Pashinyan's Westward push away from Russian influence.
- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared on Monday victory.
- Ex-President Robert Kocharyan's Armenia alliance was third with some 9%, followed by the Prosperous Armenia Party, which cleared the electoral threshold with 4.6%.
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The election result, once confirmed, would cement Pashinyan's Westward push away from Russian influence. It is the first vote since a 2023 crushing military defeat by Azerbaijan.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Ex WRIn a press conference in the early hours of Monday morning, Pashinyan said his Civil Contract party had prevailed, calling it a 'historic victory'Image: Anthony Pizzoferrato/AP Photo/picture alliance Advertisement Armenians voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that seems likely to bolster the country's pro-EU trajectory, despite Russia's anger at the course the government has taken.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared on Monday victory.