The electoral bloc of Armenia’s acting premier Nikol Pashinyan was in the lead according to early results in Sunday’s snap parliamentary elections, which were triggered by the reformist leader seeking to cement his political authority in the post-Soviet country.
The two-party bloc led by Pashinyan’s Civil Contract garnered 70.38 percent of the votes, and trailing in second place was the Prosperous Armenia party on 8.44 percent, according to results from 37 percent of precincts, the central election commission said.
The centrist My Step bloc also includes the Mission Party headed by rights activist Manuk Sukiasyan.
A small liberal pro-Western party, Bright Armenia, was also set to clear an electoral threshold with 6.2 percent of the votes, the commission said.
