Prosperous Armenia Candidate Beats HHK Candidate in Landslide Victory in Ijevan

Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) candidate and Ijevan mayor Varudzan Nersisyan, 49, lost in the Ijevan municipal elections held yesterday.

As reported by the Epress.am correspondent, 8,810 people came out to vote for the mayor of the capital of Armenia’s Tavush marz (province).

According to preliminary results, Varudzan Nersisyan gathered 3,392 votes, while Prosperous Armenia candidate Vardan Ghalumyan, 38, gathered 5,039 votes and won the election.

Ijevan residents noted that a difference of 1,647 votes is tremendous as in the past, the difference was at most a few hundred votes.