The regular Presidential Elections in the RA are completed. The Central Election Commission summarized the preliminary results of the 1988 polling stations (as of 6:00 a.m. on 19 February). The total number of voters is 2.509.958 of which 1.521.709 participated in the voting. The votes are distributed as follows:

1.    Serzh Sargsyan                     –  861 160 votes,
2.    Raffi k. Hovhannisyan           –  539 672 votes,
3.    Hrant Bagratyan                    –  31 643 votes,
4.    Paruyr Hayrikyan                  –  18 093 votes,
5.    Andrias Ghukasyan              –   8 328 votes,
6.    Vardan Sedrakyan                –   6 203 votes,
7.    Arman Melikyan                    –   3 516 votes:

It is notable that the number of invalid ballot papers is 50988, which is 3.35% of all participants. This means that the 3.35% of the voters preferred to vote for the “non-registered third candidate.”

Source: Iravaban.net