YEREVAN, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Voter turnout in Armenia's parliamentary election reached 58.97 percent, the country's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) said on Sunday.
A total of 1,476,597 voters out of 2,503,976 eligible ones cast ballots by the close of polling at 8 p.m. local time, CEC Chairman Vahagn Hovakimyan told a news conference at the commission's headquarters.
Voting was held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 2,005 polling stations across the country. Eighteen political parties and alliances, fielding nearly 2,000 candidates, are competing for seats in the National Assembly, Armenia's unicameral legislative body. Enditem
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