Local Elections: 8 female candidates for the Council of Elderly were elected

As a result of the local elections held on June 10^th, the number of women leaders in Armenia has not changed. As we have already mentioned, only one of the 33 nominees in the 12 communities was a female (in the village of Torfavan), and she had withdrawn her application. According to the CEC data, 6 out of 33 citizens registered as candidates for community headquarters during the deadline submitted a self-withdrawal application.

There are no big changes in the council of elders. Of the 89 registered councilors, 13 out of a total of four registered candidates were women. It should be reminded that 15 women candidates were registered in the elections. Non-party Nairia Makaryan (Antaramut), non-party Greta Mirzoyan (Torfavan), PAP member Hasmik Khachatryan (Geghakar), non-party Ani Asatryan (Geghakar).

According to preliminary results, 8 out of 11 women were elected to the council of elders.

For comparison, Antaramut current council consists of five members, one of whom is female (Alvard Avetikyan). She was re-elected.

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