Armenia’s Civil Contract party takes lead in parliamentary elections

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Armenia’s Central Election Commission has finalized the counting of ballots from the country’s parliamentary elections, according to reports from News.am, confirming results across all 2,005 polling stations.

The completed tally shows the ruling Civil Contract Party securing 49.81% of the vote, amounting to 727,160 ballots cast in its favour.

The Strong Armenia bloc followed with 23.29% (340,062 votes), while the Armenia bloc received 9.94% (145,097 votes). The Prosperous Armenia Party also crossed the threshold with 4.00%, equivalent to 58,368 votes.

The Wings of Unity Party placed fifth in the contest, obtaining 2.30% of the total vote, or 33,618 ballots.

In a separate update during the counting process, the Central Election Commission reported that more than half of the ballots had already been processed nationwide.

At that stage, 50.31% of all votes had been counted, with the Civil Contract Party—led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan—maintaining a lead of 51.03% from 742,857 processed ballots.

The Strong Armenia bloc, associated with businessman Samvel Karapetyan, recorded 23.18%, while the Armenia bloc of former President Robert Kocharyan secured 9.51%. The Prosperous Armenia Party, led by Gagik Tsarukyan, obtained 4.18% at that stage.

Overall voter participation was recorded at 58.97%, according to the commission’s official figures.

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