Tsarukyan bloc is ahead of governing Republican Party of Armenia
06.03.2017,
15:39
About 27 percent of eligible Armenians will vote for the Tsarukyan bloc, led by the Prosperous Armenia party of a wealthy businessman Gagik Tsarukyan in April 2 general elections, according to the findings of a public opinion survey, conducted by the Gallup International Association.
YEREVAN, March 6. /ARKA/. About 27 percent of eligible Armenians will vote for the Tsarukyan bloc, led by the Prosperous Armenia party of a wealthy businessman Gagik Tsarukyan in April 2 general elections, according to the findings of a public opinion survey, conducted by the Gallup International Association.
The findings were announced today, one day after the official start of the election campaign, by Aram Navasardyan, the head of the Armenian representation of Gallup International Association. The governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has now the support of 22.8 percent of voters, according to the survey.
Navasardyan said according to a similar survey conducted in 2016 November, 19.5% of voters would vote for the Republican Party of Armenia and 18.4% for the Prosperous Armenia.
Speaking at a news conference Navasardyan said the difference between these two political forces is currently only 3% and a lot could change during the one-month long election campaign. Other parties and election blocs are significantly behind these two political forces. Thus, only 3.4% of voters are ready to cast their ballots for Elk alliance , the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) has the support of 3.9% of voters, Free Democrats - 3.4%, the Armenian Renaissance - 2.7%, the Armenian National Congress –People’s Party of Armenia bloc has 2.6% support and Ohanyan-Raffi- Oskanian bloc- 1.8%. Some 14% of the respondents refused to say who they were going to vote for, while 17% were undecided.
According to Navasardyan, Tsarukyan bloc, the Republican Party of Armenia, Elk, ARF and Free Democrats will be elected to the National Assembly. The survey, which was conducted from February 23 to March 2, embraced 1,146 respondents from all over Armenia (the statistical error is ± 3 %.).
The April 2 parliamentary elections will be the first in the country after the adoption of the constitutional reforms in 2015, providing for a transition to a parliamentary form of government after the expiry of the term of office of the incumbent president in 2018. Nine political parties and blocs will contest the elections. -0-
The findings were announced today, one day after the official start of the election campaign, by Aram Navasardyan, the head of the Armenian representation of Gallup International Association. The governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has now the support of 22.8 percent of voters, according to the survey.
Navasardyan said according to a similar survey conducted in 2016 November, 19.5% of voters would vote for the Republican Party of Armenia and 18.4% for the Prosperous Armenia.
Speaking at a news conference Navasardyan said the difference between these two political forces is currently only 3% and a lot could change during the one-month long election campaign. Other parties and election blocs are significantly behind these two political forces. Thus, only 3.4% of voters are ready to cast their ballots for Elk alliance , the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) has the support of 3.9% of voters, Free Democrats - 3.4%, the Armenian Renaissance - 2.7%, the Armenian National Congress –People’s Party of Armenia bloc has 2.6% support and Ohanyan-Raffi- Oskanian bloc- 1.8%. Some 14% of the respondents refused to say who they were going to vote for, while 17% were undecided.
According to Navasardyan, Tsarukyan bloc, the Republican Party of Armenia, Elk, ARF and Free Democrats will be elected to the National Assembly. The survey, which was conducted from February 23 to March 2, embraced 1,146 respondents from all over Armenia (the statistical error is ± 3 %.).
The April 2 parliamentary elections will be the first in the country after the adoption of the constitutional reforms in 2015, providing for a transition to a parliamentary form of government after the expiry of the term of office of the incumbent president in 2018. Nine political parties and blocs will contest the elections. -0-
