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2008-02-20 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Armenia holds presidential election
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(Xinhua) -- Armenia held a presidential election Tuesday morning, in which nine candidates are vying to replace President Robert Kocharian, who is currently serving his second and final five-year term.
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All 1,923 polling stations across the country opened Tuesday at 8 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) and close at 8 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) as scheduled for over 2.32 million eligible voters to elect their next president. The Central Election Commission (CEC) said the overall voter turnout when all the polling stations closed at 8 p.m. local time was 69.26 percent with 1,642,057 voters having cast their ballots in the presidential election.
President Kocharian who is to resign in April said after his vote that "I voted for Armenia's stability and prosperity. Every election is a test which we have to go through and emerge stronger. I am confident that this election will mark another step forward to a stronger and democratic Armenia."
Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, also Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia which won a majority of seats in parliamentary elections last May, leads the race joined by eight other candidates in opinion polls. 
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