About 1 671 027 (60,05 %) citizens have cast ballots in the February 18 presidential poll as of 8 p.m., reports the Central Election Commission (CEC).

Polling stations across Armenia closed at 8 p.m., with electoral commissions starting the counting of ballots.

Some 19.130 citizens were interviewed after leaving polling stations.

Armenia's Ombudsman Office has received 63 reports on election-related violations since the start of the campaign on January 21.

Head of the Heritage party faction Ruben Hakobyan has been invited to the Gyumri division of the Armenian in connection with an incident at Precinct 34/36 in Gyumri.

Raffi Hovannisian campaign headquarters sounds alarm on vanishing ink, widespread fraud, and systematic corruption plaguing the ongoing presidential election

The voter turnout in Yerevan was 366 620 (44.45%).

Civilnet has recorded a bus distributing electoral bribe outside a building in Yerevan's Avan district.

Serzhik Avetisyan says he left the house only once to vote in the Monday election and has not directed anyone in his choice.

An interest incident was reported in one of the polling stations in Yerevan where a voter ate his ballot paper after going out of the polling booth.

"When I tried to video record the pile I was forced off the room. The door was immediately locked after me. Later I saw the pile taken out of the room through the window," Narek Babayan told Media Centre.

Presidential candidate Raffi Hovhannisian's proxy Norayr Andreyan has witnessed ballot stuffing at Precinct 6/5 in Yerevan's Ajapnyak community.

The hopeful then headed to Garni to pay tribute to the victims of the 1921 February uprising.

"Instead of making similar ungrounded statements Raffi Hovannisian had better use the opportunity provided to him by the pro-government party," said Sharmazanov.

Observer of NGO "Europe of Law" told CSI observer that there were mirrors on the wall behind the polling booth at the same polling station that violated the secrecy of ballot.

The press secretary of Armenia's Central Election Commission advises visiting polling stations and checking whether the allegations about vanishing ink stamps correspond to reality or not.

The leader of Heritage Party, presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian attended the polling station N10/26 without his family.

Gyumri-Asparez daily and www.asparez.am report that one of the local election commissions is intervening with the activity of their representative.

"Civil Society Institute" (CSI) NGO, in cooperation with American Bar Association (ABA ROLI), will conduct "Elections 2013" legal initiative, which aims to protect election rights of citizens through providing free legal assistance.

Presidential candidate Hrant Bagratyan voted for a new Armenia in the February 18 ballot. He cast his ballot at Precinct 4/27 stationed in Yerevan's Arabkir district. The candidate attended the polling station with his wife and daughter. Taking to journalists, the hopeful said he had ...

Presidential candidate Arman Melikyan will not participate in the February 18 presidential election in Armenia as he promised earlier.

The first President came to the polls without his family.

About 275.982 (10.92%) citizens have cast ballots in the February 18 presidential poll as of 11 a.m., reports the Central Election Commission.

Six reports on election-related violations have been processed based on the information from monitoring press reports and the candidates' proxies.