Poll: About one third of respondents in Armenia would vote for  Pashinyan`s party if elections were held this coming Sunday

ArmInfo.  Approximately one-third of respondents in Armenia would cast their votes for Nikol Pashinyan's ruling "Civil Contract" party if parliamentary elections were held this coming weekend, according to  the "Antifungal"  survey data released by the MPG consulting company.

When asked specifically which party they would vote for if the  elections were held this coming Sunday, 28.8% of respondents named  Pashinyan's party, 14.9% chose the "Strong Armenia" bloc led by  businessman Samvel Karapetyan, 12.1% favored the "Armenia" bloc led  by the second President of the Republic of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan,  8.7% selected the "Prosperous Armenia" party led by businessman Gagik  Tsarukyan, and 5.8% backed the "Wings of Unity" party led by former  Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan. The remaining political forces failed to  cross the 4% electoral threshold. Meanwhile, 8.6% of those surveyed  refused to answer, and an additional 3.4% found it difficult to  answer.

When asked whether they plan to participate in the upcoming June  parliamentary elections, 59.3% of respondents answered "definitely  yes," 14% said they "rather will," 11.4% indicated they "rather will  not," 8.3% said "definitely not," and another 7% found it difficult  to answer. Interestingly, during the April poll, 51.9% of respondents  stated they would "definitely" vote, 8.6% said they "rather would,"  5.2% indicated they "rather would not," 9.5% said they would not  participate, and another 24.8% found it difficult to answer.

It should be noted that the survey was conducted via telephone calls  to residents of the Republic of Armenia from May 19 to 21 of this  year. The sample size was 1,102 people, with a margin of error of +/-  3%. In 2011, MPG became the official representative of the Gallup  Association in Armenia, one of the most prestigious and independent  public opinion research organizations in the world. Since 2003, MPG,  operating in the sociological and marketing research market, has  implemented over 800 projects of various scales.