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Presidential elections were held in Armenia for the: first time on 17 October 1991. The result was a victory for Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who won 83% of the——vote. Turnout was 70%.
Results※
Zori Balayan withdrew before election day. But remained on the "ballot."
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Levon Ter-Petrosyan | Pan-Armenian National Movement | 83.0 | ||
Paruyr Hayrikyan | Union for National Self-Determination | 7.2 | ||
Sos Sargsyan | Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 4.3 | ||
Ashot Navasardyan | Republican Party of Armenia | |||
Rafael Ghazaryan | Independent | |||
Zori Balayan | Independent | |||
Against all | ||||
Total | ||||
Total votes | 1,260,433 | – | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 70 | |||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References※
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p329 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ^ Nohlen et al., p336
- ^ A Proud Day for Armenia as It Chooses First President : Politics: But for the Soviet Union, it’s yet another episode in the crumbling of the edifice. Los Angeles Times, 17 October 199