The PCC didn’t wait for Congress
The electoral commission of the #10 precinct today recognized member of the "National Unity" party Ara Simonyan as winner of the NA deputy elections under majoritarian order.
Recapping the results received from the polling stations, as well as the results of the recount by the electoral commission of the precinct, that is the final results of the 10th precinct, it was announced that leader of the Marxist Party David Hakobyan received 288 votes instead of the previous 301, Ara Simonyan received 6,850 votes instead of 76,022, editor in chief of "Haykakan Zhamanak" daily Nikol Pashinyan received 4650 votes instead of the 5031.
Six of the eight members of the commission voted in favor of the precinct electoral commission's decision on recognizing Ara Simonyan as the winner, while the ARF and "Heritage" were against it. "Heritage" representative Samvel Ghulyan proposed to consider the results of the January 10 elections as invalid, accepting the fact that the doors of the 10/19 polling station were closed and the voters' rights were violated as a basis. According to president of the precinct electoral commission Silva Markosyan, that can't serve as grounds for recognizing the elections as invalid.
Although the "Heritage" representative voted against, he signed under the protocols of the precinct electoral commission. Meanwhile, ARF representative Armen Avetisyan did not.
Let us remind that the invalid results of the elections at polling stations 10/15 and 10/19 had an impact on the final results of the elections and the candidates lost their votes.
Let us mention that Ara Simonyan received 367 votes at polling station 10/15, while Nikol Pashinyan received 201. At polling station 10/19, Ara Simonyan received 405 votes, while Nikol Pashinyan received 176.
After the precinct electoral commission left, Patvakan Hovakimyan from the Armenian National Congress (HAK) brought an appeal to recognize the results of the elections as invalid, but it was no longer discussed. However, the last day for appeal submission was tomorrow.
