Defeated candidate appeals election results in court
Gagik Melkonyan, a defeated candidate in local elections of Aragats village, is going to dispute the elections results in the Constitutional Court.
The candidate argues that the May 22 elections for the village headman were accompanied by large-scale fraud and intimidation.
The Administrative Court of Armenia today rejected Melkonyan's request for a rerun of the election.
According to the Central Electoral Commission, 1,717 eligible voters participated in the poll, while Melkonyan says 750 out of the 2380 residents today live and work abroad.
"Everyone with elementary mathematical knowledge will see that the figures were exaggerated, hence the elections were rigged," said the candidate.
Gagik Melkonyan is going to appeal to all instances, including the European Court of Human Rights.
With 57 more votes, incumbent village head Gagik Poghosyan was re-elected head of the community.
