Armenia's Sarksyan wins presidential vote-results

Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:03pm EST
 
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YEREVAN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan had an unassailable lead in a presidential election with 85 percent counted, a spokeswoman for the Central Election Commission said on Wednesday.

Sarksyan had 782,233 votes, compared to 310,792 for his next closest rival, opposition leader and former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan. Opposition parties have complained that the vote was rigged and called on their supporters to protest. (Reporting by Margarita Antidze; Editing by Michael Winfrey)



 

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