Pakistan, June 8 -- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's ruling Civil Contract party emerged as the frontrunner in the country's parliamentary elections, according to early results released after voting concluded on Sunday.

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Preliminary figures from Armenia's Central Election Commission (CEC) showed Civil Contract securing 57.14% of the vote based on ballots counted from the first 110 polling stations out of a total of 2,005 nationwide. The early count placed the ruling party well ahead of its closest rivals in the race for seats in the 101-member National Assembly.

Strong Armenia, led by businessman Samvel Karapetyan, was running in second place with 21.4% of the vot...