Armenia’s Pashinyan wins election but pro-Russian opposition polls strongly

Armenia’s governing Civil Contract party won a parliamentary election seen as a test of its handling of a peace deal with Azerbaijan and its growing turn to the West, away from traditional patron Russia.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s party won 49.8% of votes with all polling stations counted, enough to secure a parliamentary majority under Armenia’s electoral system, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Monday.

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