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Politics

Local government elections held in 21 communities of Armenia

First reported by Infocom: 07:34

Updated 15:35, 34 sources

Politics. Photo: vectors.am, cropped
Photo: vectors.am, cropped

On October 25, local government elections are being held in 21 communities of Armenia: in 19 under the proportional system, and in Fioletovo and Shamiram under the majoritarian system. According to the CEC, all 517 polling stations opened at 08:00 and will close at 20:00. In Vayk, Armavir, Vardenis, Garni and Akhuryan, only the Civil Contract party is running.

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. Infocom (Balanced)
  2. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  3. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  4. 24news.am (Opposition)
  5. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  6. Mediahub (Opposition)
  7. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  8. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  9. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  10. Hetq (Balanced)
  11. Iravunk (Opposition)
  12. 5th Channel (Opposition)
  13. Hraparak (Opposition)
  14. Golos Armenii (Opposition)
  15. CivilNet (Balanced)
  16. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  17. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  18. News.am (Opposition)
  19. Tert.am (Opposition)
  20. Hayeli (Opposition)
  21. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  22. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  23. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  24. Ararat News (Balanced)
  25. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  26. 1in.am (Balanced)
  27. Panorama (Opposition)
  28. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  29. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  30. Aravot (Balanced)
  31. Factor (Balanced)
  32. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  33. Alphanews.am (Opposition)

All sources

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