MPG: More than 50% of respondents supported holding early parliamentary elections in Armenia

ArmInfo. More than 50% of respondents in Armenia support holding early parliamentary elections. This was reported by Aram Navasardyan, head of the consulting company MPG, while presenting the "Shaki-Shuki, Pash Kim Yan" survey by MPG.

Following Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's statement about the possibility of holding early parliamentary elections in the country if the authorities fail to adopt a new constitution, MPG asked respondents whether they see a need for such elections. In response, 33.6% of respondents stated that there is a definite need for such elections, another 17.1% said there is a rather necessary need, 12.2% said there is rather no need for elections, 30.7% said there is definitely no need, and 6.5% were unsure.

When asked who they would vote for if elections were held next Sunday, 24.3% of respondents named Nikol Pashinyan's ruling Civil Contract party, 8.5% named Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia bloc, 6.7% named second president Robert Kocharyan's Armenia bloc, and 3.3% named Gagik Tsarukyan's Prosperous Armenia party. Nine other political forces received less than 2% of the vote. 23.9% of respondents found it difficult to answer this question, 13.1% refused to answer, and another 11.7% stated they would not vote.

The survey was conducted via telephone calls to residents of the Republic of Armenia from October 28 to November 4 of this year. The sample size was 1,001 people, with a margin of error of +/- 3%.

In 2011, MPG became the official representative in Armenia of the Gallup International Association, one of the most prestigious and independent public opinion research organizations in the world. Since 2003, MPG, operating in the sociological and marketing research market, has implemented over 800 projects of varying sizes.