Karabakh Elections

Tuesday, June 21, 2005. Issue 3191
The Moscow Times -- News in Brief

YEREVAN, Armenia -- Pro-government parties secured the majority of seats in parliamentary elections in the ethnic Armenian-controlled enclave of Nagornny Karabakh, election officials said Monday.

The Democratic Party of Artsakh, which supports the government of President Arkady Gukasian, won 12 out of 33 seats in the legislature, while another pro-government party, Free Motherland, got 10 seats in Sunday's vote, said Election Commission chief Sergei Nasibian.

The opposition bloc, called Dashnaktsutyun-Movement 88, obtained three seats. Independent candidates secured eight seats.

Seventy-eight percent of some 90,000 eligible voters cast their ballots in the election, Nasibian said. (AP)

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