Vahagn Hovakimyan
- Type
- person
- Country
- Armenia
- Homepage
- http://www.elections.am
- Description
- Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission who presented the dates, thresholds, deposit amounts, and new control mechanisms for the 2026 elections. Suspicion label: none.
Aliases
- Vahagn Hovakimyan
Related claims (6)
- Local self-government elections are planned to be held in 46 communities in Armenia in 2026.
- If all documents required by the Electoral Code are submitted, the CEC cannot refuse to register any party or alliance for the 2026 elections.
- New monitoring and control tools will be applied in the 2026 elections to enhance financial transparency and monitoring of online campaigning.
- The electoral deposit amount is set at 7.5 million drams for parties and 15 million drams for alliances for the 2026 elections.
- Electoral thresholds for the 2026 parliamentary elections are: 4% for parties, 8% for alliances of up to three parties, and 10% for alliances of four or more parties.
- The parliamentary elections will be held on June 7, 2026, the only Sunday between June 2-12 as per the constitutional regulations.