Justice

Constitutional Court judges fail to elect president, new vote to be held

Justice. Photo: IM3847 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Photo: IM3847 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

On October 14, judges Edgar Shatiryan and Vladimir Vardanyan were nominated for the post of president of the Constitutional Court. According to the Court, neither candidate received the required number of votes in either of the two rounds of secret balloting, and a new election will be held. According to some reports, the votes were split evenly in the second round. Arman Dilanyan's term as president of the Constitutional Court expired on October 12.

How each side framed it

The outlets' original headlines, unchanged.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first, who followed. Each dot is one outlet.

Timeline as a list
  1. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  2. Tert.am (Opposition)
  3. News.am (Opposition)
  4. 24news.am (Opposition)
  5. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  6. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  7. Factor (Balanced)
  8. Mediahub (Opposition)
  9. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  10. Infocom (Balanced)
  11. Hraparak (Opposition)
  12. 5th Channel (Opposition)
  13. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  14. Hayeli (Opposition)
  15. Panorama (Opposition)
  16. CivilNet (Balanced)
  17. Hetq (Balanced)
  18. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  19. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  20. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  21. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  22. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  23. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  24. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  25. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  26. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  27. Ararat News (Balanced)
  28. Aravot (Balanced)
  29. RIA Novosti (Foreign)
  30. Golos Armenii (Opposition)

All sources

Labels as of 17 October 2026

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