At the instance of Orinats Yerkir party members, who nominated their Artur Baghdassaryan for the post of President, re-count of votes has started in over 100 polling stations, IA Regnum reports.
The February 19 presidential election was won by RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan who garnered 52,86% of votes. He was followed by first President’s Levon Ter-Petrosyan (21,5%), Orinats Yerkir leader Artur Baghdassaryan (16,66%), ARF Dashnaktsutyun candidate Vahan Hovhannisian (6,2%). The other candidates received insignificant number of votes.
The International Election Observation Mission said in its statement that the election was conducted mostly in line with the country’s international commitments.
The President of the Republic of Armenia is elected for a 5-year term.
