00:00Early results of Armenia's parliamentary elections released by the Central Election Commission
00:06showing the ruling civil contract party in the lead.
00:10With 57.14 of the votes and 19,654 ballots counted,
00:17the ruling party, led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, is in the lead.
00:22In second place is the strong Armenia with 21.43% of the votes.
00:26The Armenian alliance, led by former President Robert Kosharyan, is fodder behind with 8.21%.
00:35A total of 1,476,597 citizens voted in these elections,
00:43which will determine the country's political direction for the next five years.
00:47These preliminary results reflect an evolving political landscape
00:51in which the ruling party holds a substantial lead over its rivals
00:56throughout while most of the votes remained to be counted.
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