The Central Election Commission of Armenia has provided results of the presidential election on 19 February.

The results show that prime minister Serzh Sarkisian won 52.9 per cent compared with 21.5 per cent for his nearest rival, former president Levon Ter-Petrosian. Arthur Baghdasarian won 11.7 per cent and Vahan Hovhanesian won 6.2 per cent.

On the basis of these results Sarkisian is elected as president without the need for a second round of voting.

The election result has been is contested as fraudulent by elements of the opposition. There are mass protests in Yerevan.