{"id":1402384,"date":"2026-06-07T22:52:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/pashinyans-party-leads-in-armenian-elections\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T05:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T02:54:13","slug":"pashinyans-party-leads-in-armenian-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/pashinyans-party-leads-in-armenian-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenia Votes: Pashinyan\u2019s Party Ahead as Results Come In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In Armenia\u2019s parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan\u2019s Civil Contract party is receiving 32.7% of the vote, while four opposition parties together secure 52.9%, a result that could potentially give them a parliamentary majority.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/newsamarm\/87233\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">is reported by<\/a> the Armenian news agency News.<\/p>\n<p>According to the exit poll, Nikol Pashinyan&#8217;s &#8220;Civil Agreement&#8221; is gaining 32.7%;<br \/>\npro-Russian bloc &#8220;Strong Armenia&#8221; of businessman Samvel Karapetyan\u201429%;<br \/>\n&#8220;Armenia&#8221; bloc of ex-President Robert Kocharyan &#8211; 13.2%;<br \/>\n&#8220;Prosperous Armenia&#8221;\u20146.1&#8243;%;<br \/>\n&#8220;Wings of Unity&#8221;\u20144.6&#8243;%.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-07_19-15-28.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/elections-in-armenia-russia-will-definitely-leave-the-south-caucasus\/\">Armenia\u2019s Election Could Mark Russia\u2019s Exit from the South Caucasus<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p>It should be noted that Pashinyan&#8217;s party is ahead, but the gap with Strong Armenia is only 3.7%. Together, all four opposition forces are gaining 52.9% of the vote\u2014this could potentially allow them to claim a majority in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, on June 7<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-virmenii-zavershylys-parlamentski-vybory\/\">, voting in important parliamentary elections to the National Assembly concluded in Armenia<\/a>, where citizens chose the country&#8217;s future course.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Russia has intensified covert operations aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/dezinformatsiia-ta-vplyv-na-vybory-rosiia-namahaietsia-vsima-sylamy-zupynyty-zblyzhennia-virmenii-iz-zakhodom\/\">disrupting Armenia\u2019s political course<\/a> toward rapprochement with the West and influencing the country\u2019s upcoming elections, including disinformation campaigns, vote-swing schemes, and support for pro-Russian candidates.<\/p>\n<div id=\"oa-360-1780843354901_mtwhjfq8o\">\n<div id=\"oa-360-1780843354919_mgsps3tvp\" data-dest=\"placeholder\">\n<div id=\"oa-360-1780843354919_v873fpiib\">\n<div id=\"oa-360-1780843354919_f8aacjlry\">It should be noted that Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin recently spoke by phone with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, wishing him a happy birthday. At the same time, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rf-oholosyla-novi-obmezhennia-na-produktsiiu-z-virmenii\/\">Moscow continues to increase economic pressure on Yerevan<\/a>, introducing new restrictions on Armenian products.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Armenia\u2019s parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan\u2019s Civil Contract party is receiving 32.7% of the vote, while four opposition parties together secure 52.9%, a result that could potentially give them a parliamentary majority. This is reported by the Armenian news agency News. According to the exit poll, Nikol Pashinyan&#8217;s &#8220;Civil Agreement&#8221; is gaining 32.7%; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1402379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76870,76871],"class_list":["post-1402384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-world","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1402384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1402397,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402384\/revisions\/1402397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1402379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1402384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1402384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}