The Armenian prime minister’s party has come a long way with partial election results

The country’s election commission said that, with about 47% of the polling stations counted in the country, Pashinyan’s civil contract party had 58% of the vote with former President Robert Kocharyan’s bloc in a distant second place with about 19%. Another party hovered near the 5% threshold to get seats in parliament; a bloc linked to another former president also ranged from 5%, but blocs need 7% to enter parliament.