Opinion Polls and Main Contenders
Panorama.am reports that Vyacheslav Nikonov believes that the prime minister, Serge Sargsyan, will likely emerge victorious in the 19 February presidential election in Armenia. The Russian analyst also says that opinion polls show the main two candidates for the position of president to be Sargsyan and Orinats Yerkirs’ Artur Baghdasarian.
Meanwhile, the Director of the British Populus public survey organization backs up the findings of a recent poll conducted for Public TV H1 which also shows Sargsyan leading the pack with Baghdasarian narrowly ahead of former president Levon Ter-Petrossian. Opposition candidates dispute the results.
Paradoxically, however, none have apparently commissioned or released the results of any surveys conducted for their campaign teams.
Serzh Sargsyan, Armenia’s Prime Minister, leads the race of presidential campaign in Armenia, says Andrew Cooper, directors of British “Populus” polling company. According to the “Populus” data, 50.7% of the Armenian adults would vote for him, if the elections were to take place tomorrow. Sargsyan leads with a strong gap. According to the same data, Arthur Baghdasaryan, from the “Orinats Yerkir” opposition party is the second, with 13.4%. Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the former president of Armenia is the third (12.6%). Results for 6 other candidates are below 10%.
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Populus is one of Britain’s leading polling companies, with a strong record of accuracy in election polls. At the last UK election, Populus had an average error of just 0.25%.
Populus conducts voting polls for a wide range of high profile clients, including BBC, The Times, Conservatives, Labour, and Liberal- Democrats.
- Published:
- 02.10.08 / 4pm by Onnik
- Category:
- Analysis, Armenia, Armenia Presidential Election 2008, Campaign, Candidates, News Briefs, Opinion, Opinion Polls, United Kingdom
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