GALLUP poll says that 58% of Armenia’s population was in favour of snap parliamentary elections

GALLUP poll says that 58% of Armenia’s population was in favour of snap parliamentary elections

On 19 February,  the GALLUP International Association published their results on the public opinion polls conducted in Armenia from 15 to 17 February 2021 through telephone interviews involving 801 people throughout the country, reported arka.am. 

According to the polls, 58% of the respondents backed the idea of holding early parliamentary elections in the country. Some 37.1% of the polled respondents believe that snap parliamentary elections are dictated by the current political situation in the country, 21.3% believe that such polls are “rather needed.” At the same time, 19.7% of the respondents said no snap polls are needed at all and 13.6% are inclined to believe that the elections are “rather unnecessary.” 

Also, 41.2% of the respondents believed that snap elections should be held under the leadership of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, 28.2% hold the opposite opinion. Some 7.9% of the respondents noted that the elections should be held by the interim government and 13.9% found it difficult to answer. Over a third of the respondents (35%) completely disagreed with the statement of the ruling parliamentary bloc My Step that there is no need to hold early parliamentary elections. Another 15.9% of the respondents “rather disagree" with this statement. Some 28.2% fully agree with the opinion of My Step and 11.7% "rather agree." 

But at the same time, 33.1% of the respondents, if the elections to the National Assembly are held on 21 February, would vote in favour of My Step bloc, 27.2% would not give their votes to anyone, and 15.7% found it difficult to choose. The rest of the respondents would vote in favour of the Prosperous Armenia Party (4.4%), Bright Armenia (2.6%), Republican Party of Armenia (2.2%), Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (2.2%), Fatherland party (0.9%), Republic party (0.7%) and Sasna Tsrer (0.4%).

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