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Ruling party set to win Armenia's parliamentary poll

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The ruling Republican Party and other pro-presidential parties have won a majority of votes in Armenia's parliamentary elections, the ex-Soviet nation's election commission said Sunday, giving preliminary results.
YEREVAN, May 13 (RIA Novosti) - The ruling Republican Party and other pro-presidential parties have won a majority of votes in Armenia's parliamentary elections, the ex-Soviet nation's election commission said Sunday, giving preliminary results.

The voting results from 1,474 out of 1,923 polling stations showed that the Republican Party led by Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisyan was far ahead in the parliamentary poll, followed by the pro-presidential Prosperous Armenia and Dashnatsutyun, the election commission said.

More than 2 million Armenians voted May 12 in Armenia's fourth elections since the South Caucasus country gained independence in 1991, with twenty-two parties and one election bloc running for 131 seats in the parliament.

The opposition Heritage Party also cleared the 5% barrier at the elections to the national parliament, the election commission said.

At the same time, the opposition parties New Times, Republic and Impeachment said the voting was falsified and considerably affected the poll results.

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