The Armenian opposition complained about the use of administrative resources during the parliamentary elections.

Attempts by local officials to influence the voting process were recorded during the National Assembly elections, the opposition party "Strong Armenia" stated.

According to "Caucasian Knot," voting is underway in Armenia today for the National Assembly (parliament) elections. Observers previously reported violations. In particular, they recorded violations of voting secrecy and the filling out of a ballot by a voter's relative.

In some populated areas of Armenia, voting is proceeding without incident. At polling station 27/22 in the village of Arzakan, voting is proceeding peacefully, with no queues outside the polling station. Two police officers are monitoring law and order. Observers are observing the voting process. Voters are not lingering in their yards after voting, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported.

"I came to vote early so that I could calmly take care of my chores on Sunday. I voted for the ruling party because I believe that everything [Armenian Prime Minister] Nikol Pashinyan does is correct. No one campaigned for me, no one offered bribes," a local resident told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent on condition of anonymity.

"I'm over 50 years old, I know what I'm talking about," he noted.

The opposition reported the use of administrative resources in Martuni

In Martuni, approximately 100 meters from polling station 21/29, the mayor of the city stood and directed voters, observers from the opposition "Strong" party reported. Armenia."

Also, according to observers, Aram Khachatryan, adviser to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, entered the polling station and interfered with voting. "At polling station 25/28 in the village of Metsavan, Tashir Khachatryan entered the polling station and prevented an elderly woman from voting, who had previously said she would vote for Strong Armenia," Armenia Today reported.

Strong Armenia observers also noted that in the village of Odzun, near polling station 24/09, the head of the village administration and the head of the forestry department met voters and directed them to vote.

At polling station 25/08, a voter took out their ballots, showing the number 3. At polling station 8/46, the seal on the ballot box was damaged, and at polling station 23/06, supporters of the ruling Civil Contract party stood close to the voting booths, observers from the public movement Hayakve reported.

At polling station 31/6, a local resident discovered unknown people registered in the voter list His home. Unused ballots were scattered at polling station 8/10. At polling station 8/32, a voter removed ballot #16 from the envelope and showed it. The commission deemed the ballot valid. At polling station 9/2, the voter came campaigning for the Civil Contract party, Ayakve added.

As a reminder, earlier, amid the tense election campaign in Armenia, there were repeated reports of mass detentions of opposition supporters. Law enforcement officials confirmed the opening of dozens of criminal cases for money laundering and bribery of residents. On June 6, the number of people detained in Armenia in cases of election bribery approached 200. Today, before the opening of polling stations, security officials conducted searches at the headquarters of the Armenia bloc in Gyumri and detained candidate Hasmik Sahradyan. Searches were also conducted at the headquarters of the "Strong Armenia" party. "Prosperous Armenia" announced that security forces today detained 50 of its supporters.

It should be noted that the "Prosperous Armenia" party of oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan, the "Armenia" bloc of former president Robert Kocharyan, and the "Strong Armenia" bloc of businessman Samvel Karapetyan are the most pro-Russian participants in the Armenian parliamentary elections.

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