The Central Election Commission of Armenia approved the final election results. Tsarukyan’s pro-Russian party did not enter parliament

The Central Election Commission of Armenia has approved the final results of the elections to the National Assembly. The CEC meeting was broadcast by the state agency Armenpress. According to the published results, the following people entered parliament:

• Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s “Civil Contract” party - 49.745% of the vote (64 mandates);
• the “Strong Armenia” bloc led by the party of the same name of Russian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan - 23.271% (29);
• “Armenia” bloc of former President Robert Kocharyan - 9.923% (12).

The Prosperous Armenia Party of pro-Russian businessman Gagik Tsarukyan, according to the final results, received 3.9893% of the votes and did not overcome the four percent threshold established by law.

Turnout in the elections held on June 7 was 58.9% (1,476,769 people). A total of 19 forces took part in the elections. The votes received by parties and blocs that did not overcome the four percent threshold will be redistributed among the forces that entered parliament. Thus, the Civil Contract party will retain a majority in parliament and will be able to independently form a government.

A few days after the elections, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Gagik Tsarukyan for tax evasion and was not allowed to leave Armenia. The Insider wrote about the businessman’s close ties with the Russian authorities.