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Armenian PM wins majority

By AFP
June 22, 2021

YEREVAN: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday scored a decisive victory in snap parliamentary elections, bolstering his rule after months of discontent and protests following a military defeat to Azerbaijan.

Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party swept to victory with nearly 54 percent of the Sunday vote, overcoming anger at his handling of the devastating fight for control of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region to secure a strong majority.