Signing off
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Daily Brief
Monday, 8 June 2026
Regional * Today, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov departed for a working visit to Istanbul. During his visit, Bayramov is expected to participate in a trilateral meeting with his Georgian and Turkish counterparts. Armenia * Armenians went to the polls yesterday to vote in the first regularly scheduled parliamentary elections since 2017. * According to the final results, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his Civil Contract party have gained the most votes, and will receive 58
Launching our live coverage with the initial results
We are launching our coverage of today’s post-election coverage, following the intial vote tabulation completed early this morning. See the results here:
2026 Armenian parliamentary elections
Live updates | Armenia wakes up to Civil Contract victory
Karapetyan’s Strong Armenia Alliance, Kocharyan’s Armenia Alliance, and Tsarukyan’s Prosperous Armenia have also entered parliament.
Signing off, for now
Here’s a summary of the day: Pashinyan’s Civil Contract wins parliamentary electionsThe party triumphed over the Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan’s Strong Armenia Alliance.OC MediaRobin Fabbro And with that, we are ending this liveblog for now. But don’t go too far — we will launch a new one in just a few minutes to cover any and all ‘post-election developments’.
