YEREVAN, May 13 (RIA Novosti) - Five parties have been elected to Armenia's parliament, with the pro-presidential parties leading the polls, the ex-Soviet nation's election commission said Sunday.
The processing of 99.99% of ballot papers showed that the Republican Party led by Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisyan received 457,032 votes (33.8%), the pro-presidential Prosperous Armenia and Dashnatsutyun gained 204,043 (15.1%) and 177,192 (13.1%) votes, respectively, while the opposition parties Orinats Yerkir and Heritage won 95,256 (7%) and 80,890 (6%) votes, accordingly, 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.
