Poll: Only about a third of respondents in Armenia to vote for  Pashinyan`s party in parliamentary elections

ArmInfo. In Armenia, only about a third of respondents plan to vote for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's ruling Civil Contract party in the country's  parliamentary elections, scheduled for June 7. This is according to data from the "Wrong Blue" (Ne Pravilny Siniy) poll conducted by the MPG consulting company.

When asked to specify who they would vote for on June 7, 32.4% of  respondents indicated Pashinyan's party, 16.4% backed businessman  Samvel Karapetyan's "Strong Armenia" bloc, 15.2% supported the  "Armenia" bloc of the second president, Robert Kocharyan, 8.8%  favored businessman Gagik Tsarukyan's "Prosperous Armenia" party, and  6.2% chose the "Wings of Unity" party led by former Ombudsman Arman  Tatoyan. The remaining political forces did not pass the 4% electoral  threshold. Meanwhile, 4.2% refused to answer the question, and  another 2.1% found it difficult to answer.

Aram Navasardyan, Director of MPG LLC a full member of the Gallup  International Association in Armenia presented the poll results and  noted that if the four opposition forces poised to enter parliament  were to form a coalition, they could take power in the country.  Combined, they would secure the support of 46.6% of voters, which is  nearly 15% more than Pashinyan's party.

When asked whether they would vote in the June parliamentary  elections, 65.4% of respondents said "definitely yes," 11.3% said  they would "likely vote," 4.7% said they would "likely not vote,"  9.3% said "definitely no," and another 9.2% found it difficult to  answer.

It should be noted that the poll was conducted via telephone  interviews with residents of the Republic of Armenia between June 2  and June 3 of this year. The sample size was 1,104 people, with a  margin of error of +/- 3%.  In 2011, MPG became the official  representative of the Gallup International Association in Armenia,  one of the world's most prestigious and independent public opinion  research organizations. Operating in the sociological and market  research sectors since 2003, MPG has implemented more than 800  projects of various scales.