The report of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) states that the parliamentary elections held in Armenia on June 7, 2026 generally gave voters a real opportunity to choose and were organized. However, the Assembly recorded a number of serious problems, including pressures on the opposition, use of administrative resources, polarization of the information field, and deficiencies in effective mechanisms for appealing the results. This part It is stated in the report of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In the PACE report, special attention is paid to the decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to invalidate the results of voting in three election precincts No. 10/51, 35/65 and 12/13. According to the report, servicemen in two precincts � Voting was allowed after the statutory voting time, and in one precinct, National Democratic Pole ballots were missing for most of the day. PACE considers the invalidation of the CEC as the most serious problem. Based on the results of these precincts, he did not schedule a re-voting and did not provide sufficient justification for his decision. The report states that according to separate calculations, if the results of these precincts were taken into account, "Prosperous Armenia" the party could overcome the 4 percent electoral threshold set for parties and get seats in the parliament. As a result of the elections, the party collected 3.99 percent of the votes, 58,287 votes. Thus, "Prosperous Hayas". He and his electorate found themselves out of parliament, while a redistribution of seats allowed the ruling Civil Pact party to secure a three-fifths constitutional majority. PACE directly states that three The CEC's decision to invalidate the results of the precincts was "decisive for one of the opposition parties to enter the parliament". In addition, the commission was satisfied with just one line of reasoning that the result of those precincts The annulment "did not affect the overall result" and refused to call a re-vote. The report describes this argument as "completely unsatisfying" given the seriousness of the decision's implications. Observers also note that the CEC's The decision was contested by observational civil organizations and experts, who considered it lacking sufficient legal grounds, as well as against the principle of proportionality and the standards of an effective means of legal protection. ? PACE also draws attention to the fact that the judicial investigations regarding the annulment of the results of those precincts and the loss of mandates by "Prosperous Armenia" did not correct the situation. The report talks about the risk that A large number of voters were left without effective representation, as the result registered by the party was very close to the 4 percent threshold. In general, PACE notes that the voting day passed peacefully, and most of the observed polling stations... whose processes are properly organized. However, according to the delegation's assessment, the elections cannot be evaluated solely on the course of the voting day. PACE has singled out specific geopolitical tensions as the main issues The new context and unprecedented external pressure, the ongoing cases of election bribery, the use of administrative resources, the shortcomings of judicial protection, as well as the representation of one of the opposition parties to the electorate in the parliament. Depriving � with its significant impact on the distribution of mandates. In addition, the report mentions more than 200 criminal proceedings related to voter bribery and other electoral crimes, which were initiated mainly against the opposition. to the representatives of the state. According to observers, this created the impression that law enforcement practices are selective. PACE also points to pressures on public sector workers at ruling party events in order to ensure their participation, insufficient oversight of election campaign financing, highly polarized media and manipulative content, including artificial intelligence-generated news. Incomplete application. As one of the recommendations, PACE proposes to make changes to the Electoral Code, which will clearly provide for re-voting in the event that fundamental parliamentary representation is threatened: Establishing clear thresholds and procedures.