Armenian Elections: International Monitors look at the bright side, leaving the Armenians to deal with the dark side.

7 May: With 90% of the votes counted, the Armenian Central Election Commission has released results indicating that six political parties will be represented in the new Parliament but that the ruling Republican Party will have a majority having secured mo

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6 May: Unofficial reports say that the number of voters participating in the Armenian Parliamentary elections amounted to 62.26%......................Early results show that Francois Hollande has won the Presidential elections in France, winning 52% of th

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6 May: Armenian media reports that the number of people who have voted in todays Parliamentary elections by 5.00 p.m. local time has reached 51.53%. Voting closes at 8.00 p.m. local time.

6 May: 71.96% of the electorate in today's Presidential elections in France had voted by 5.00 p.m. Paris time, more than by the same time in the first round of the elections two weeks ago. Voting will finish in France in two hours time.

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6 May: Turnout in the first three hours of voting in Armenia's Parliamentary elections is reported to be 15.8% according to sources close to the Central Elections Commission.

Statement of Armenia Foreign Ministry: