2013 Armenian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Armenia on 18 February 2013. In the run-up to the elections, Armenia's first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of the second largest parliamentary party Prosperous Armenia, withdrew from the race in December 2012. Many believed that no candidate would be able to challenge incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan, others stated that people see "absence of alternatives" and these factors caused great apathy among the public.
2013 Armenian presidential election
Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan refused to run for president because of age.
Paruyr Hayrikyan was shot in right clavicle during the election campaign
OSCE observer mission cited "a correlation between very high turnout and the number of votes for the incumbent" as a reason for "concerns regarding the confidence over the integrity of the electoral process".
Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan, also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician and historian who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998.
Ter-Petrosyan in 2014
Inauguration of Ter-Petrosyan as president in 1991.
Image: Armenian Presidential Elections 2008 Protest Day 5 Opera Square night
Image: Armenian Presidential Elections 2008 Protest Day 11 French Embassy Demonstration 330pm police car ablaze
