[Published: Monday December 10 2018]
Armenia PM wins landslide election
YEREVAN 10 Dec (ANA) - Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has won a convincing victory in Sunday's snap parliamentary election, consolidating his authority.
His bloc won more than 70% of the vote, the country's election commission said.
A journalist turned politician, Mr Pashinyan spearheaded a peaceful revolution in April.
He now has a parliamentary majority to push through his programme of tackling corruption and reforming the economy. Poll turnout was low, at about 49%.
Historically, Armenia's elections have been marred by fraud and vote-buying - but correspondents said there was hope that this one would be different.
International observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe were among those monitoring the process.
Final official results show that the centrist My Step Alliance, which includes Mr Pashinyan's Civil Contract Party, won 70.4% of the vote.(ANA)
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