01:00, 26 October 2026

In most communities, the ruling party won the elections in Armenia.

According to preliminary data from 17 communities, the "Civil Contract" party won in most cases. The "Solidarity" alliance won in Goris and Gavar.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on October 25, municipal elections took place in 21 communities. Violations of the secrecy of voting, procedural violations, campaigning, and illegal control were reported by observers. Many people who are forced to work outside Armenia were deprived of access to voting, the opposition emphasized.

Shortly before the elections in Stepanavan, law enforcement detained 24 people, including the candidate for the head of the community from "Strong Armenia" Arsen Gevorgyan, who was later arrested. Gevorgyan's defense rejected the accusations, stating that the money was intended for campaign expenses. The candidate for the head of the community Artik, Arthur Astoyan, and members of his team were detained a day before the municipal elections, reported the opposition party "Country for Life", the court refused to arrest them. Also, on the eve of the municipal elections, law enforcement detained opposition candidates vying for the positions of community heads — the candidate from the "Republic" party David Arutyunyan in Yeghenadzor and a member of the Republican Party of Armenia Council Aram Karapetyan in Martuni.

The Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia David Khudatyan presented the preliminary results of the elections to local self-government bodies in 17 communities.

According to the data published by him, the "Civil Contract" party won in most communities. The "Solidarity" alliance won in Goris and Gavar, writes Yerevan Today.

"Civil Contract" received the highest percentage of votes in Vayk — 96.12%, Armavir — 96.1%, Garni — 94.2%, Vardenis — 93.8%, and Jermuk — 92.7%.

In Goris, the "Solidarity" alliance led by Arush Arushanyan received 93% of the votes, while in Gavar, the alliance led by Gurgen Martirosyan received 81.3%.

In other communities, the results for the "Civil Contract" party are as follows: Artik — 74.9%, Meghri — 70%, Yeghenadzor — 47.8%, Tsakhkadzor — 84.6%, Martuni — 67.6%, Artashat — 85.6%, Akhuryan — 92.4%, Ijevan — 85.25%, Dilijan — 76.4%, Araks — 71.7%, the report states.

Translated automatically via OpenAI from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/427792