Vahagn Khachaturyan Not Elected as President of Armenia

The National Assembly's voting results showed that Vahagn Khachaturyan was not elected as the President of Armenia. The chair of the counting commission, Narek Babayan, stated that 69 MPs participated in the secret ballot, and all of them voted in favor of Vahagn Khachaturyan. The 'Armenia' and 'I Have Honor' factions did not participate in the voting.

'According to part 9 of Article 139 of the National Assembly's Regulations, if the President of the Republic is not elected in the first round, a second round of elections will be held in which all candidates nominated in the first round can participate,' said National Assembly Vice President Hakob Arshakyan.

The National Assembly is once again discussing the issue of electing the President of Armenia.