Ijevan mayor re-elected

The incumbent mayor of Ijevan (Tavush region) won a new term in office in the municipal elections held on Sunday.

According to an official statement on the Central Election Commission’s website, Vardan Ghalumyan was re-elected with 6,240 votes.

The other candidate, Varuzhan Nersisyan, received 2,032 votes. Of the total 14,153 voters registered in the town, 8,488 headed to the polls. Some 205 ballot-papers were declared invalid.