Women constitute 24% of Vanadzor City Council
Although the oath ceremony of the new mayor of Vanadzor Mamikon Aslanian was held on October 17th, in the face of opposition members of the council “Bright Armenia”, “Prosperous Armenia” and “Armenian Renaissance” factions boycotted the ceremony.
However, all Council members received their mandates. Accordingly, today, 8 or 24% of the 33 members of the new council of Vanadzor are women. According to the RA Electoral Code, parties are obliged to provide a 25/75 gender ratio on their lists. On October 2d 8 parties participated in municipal elections in Vanadzor. Their candidate lists were submitted for a total of 326 candidates, 93 of them or 29 percent were women.
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