Armenia's top court rejects pro-Russia opposition's election request

Armenia's constitutional court on Saturday rejected a request by ​the country's pro-Russian opposition to overturn ‌the results of a June parliamentary election, in which pro-Western Prime ​Minister Nikol Pashinyan's party ​was re-elected, state news agency Armenpress ⁠reported.

Armenpress reported that the ​court had upheld the result, ​rejecting an appeal by the Strong Armenia opposition bloc, which took 23.3% of ​the vote, and which ​said there had been irregularities in the ‌poll.

The ⁠ruling Civil Contract party took almost 50% of the vote.

Opposition groups complained of a spate ​of arrests ​before ⁠the vote that targeted their parliamentary candidates and ​supporters.

A group of international ​electoral ⁠observers, while noting the allegations of vote-buying and other electoral ⁠violations, ​said voting had ​gone smoothly in most polling stations.

-Reuters