Yerevan City Council election, 2017

Yerevan City Council election, 2017

May 14, 2017 (2017-05-14)
All 65 seats to Yerevan City Council 33 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	40.98%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Taron Margaryan Nikol Pashinyan Zaruhi Postanjyan Party Republican Party Way Out Alliance Yerkir Tsirani Last election 55.89%, 42 seats New New Seats before 42 0 0 Seats won 46 14 5 Seat change 4 14 5 Popular vote 240,034 70,730 26,107 Percentage 71.25% 21% 7.75%
Mayor of Yerevan before election Taron Margaryan Republican Party Elected Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan Republican Party

Yerevan City Council elections was held on May 14, 2017. The Republican Party of Armenia won 71.25% of the total vote, Way Out Alliance had 21%, while Yerkir Tsirani won 7.75%. After the elections Yerevan City Council elected Taron Margaryan as Mayor of Yerevan.^[1]

Parties

Three parties were registered each with its candidate for Mayor:^[2]

• Republican Party of Armenia — Taron Margaryan
• Way Out Alliance — Nikol Pashinyan
• Yerkir Tsirani — Zaruhi Postanjyan

Results

  Summary of the 14 May 2017 Yerevan City Council election results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Republican Party	240,034	71.25	46	4
	Way Out Alliance	70,730	21	14	14
	Yerkir Tsirani	26,107	7.75	5	5
Invalid votes		8,264	—	—	—
Total		345,135	100.00	65	—
Electorate and turnout:		842,151	40.98	—	—
Source: Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia

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