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title: "Pashinyan leads in Armenia election test"
url: https://moldova1.md/p/77942/pashinyan-leads-in-armenia-election-test
published: 2026-06-08T11:17:44Z
language: en
author: "Redacția  TRM"
section: "International"
source: moldova1.md
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# Pashinyan leads in Armenia election test

> Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party took an early lead in Sunday’s legislative elections. The vote serves as a crucial test of public support for Yerevan’s strategic foreign policy shift toward the West.

![Armenpress](https://storage.moldova1.md/images/18bf1793-72b2-49bb-9067-5d4f7a84429d.jpg)

*Sursa: Armenpress*

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party took an early lead in Sunday’s legislative elections. The vote serves as a crucial test of public support for Yerevan’s strategic foreign policy shift toward the West.

Officials reported a final voter turnout of 59% when polling stations closed at 20:00 on June 7, according to the Central Electoral Commission.

**Election results**

Initial data from 1,354 out of 2,005 polling stations shows Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party capturing 434,562 votes, representing 50.83% of the ballot.

The Strong Armenia bloc, led by Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan, currently holds second place with 23.51% of the vote.

The Armenia Alliance, led by former President Robert Kocharyan, stands in third place with 9.47%. Remaining political contenders captured between 0.1% and 4.1% of the vote, local news agency Armenpress reported.

Translation by **Iurie Tataru**