Arrested opposition candidate Arush Arushanyan has won the local elections in Armenia’s Goris community, his lawyer Erik Aleksyanyan told him late on Sunday.
Arushanyan has been under arrest for several months, and, accordingly, could not campaign.
According to preliminary results, he garnered 6,256 votes, defeating by a wide margin the candidate of Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Agreement Party, Vladimir Abunts, who received 3,590 votes.
"Arushanyan expresses his gratitude to the voters. He was convinced he would win because he believed the people of Goris would be by his side. Mr. Arusha...
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