Civilnet
The Press Office of the Central Electoral Committee announced that local self-government elections are to be held on June 8 in 55 communities in the Marzes of Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir, Gegharkunik, Lori, Shirak, Syunik and Vayots Dzor. Community heads will be elected in 36 communities and community council members will be elected in 30 of the communities.
There are 89 candidates for community heads in the local-self government elections, nine of which have already withdrawn from the race. As for Community Council there are 201 candidates, five of which have already withdrawn their candidacy.
Seven of the 80 candidates for community heads and 42 of the 196 candidates for community council are women. Twenty-two candidates for community head are younger than 40, 51 are 40-60 years old and seven are older than 60. Eighty-three of the community council candidates are younger than 40, 94 are 40-60 years old and 19 are older than 60.
The election campaign for the June 8 local self-government elections will kick off on May 21.
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