Newspaper: Largest financial movement recorded by ruling party ahead of Armenia parliament elections

The Zhoghovurd daily of Armenia writes as follows, in particular: The Corruption Prevention Commission (CPC) has published a report—for the period 20/05/2026–22/05/2026—on the movements of the financial resources of bank accounts of the parties and blocs participating in the [June 7] NA [(National Assembly)] elections.

The data include the parties’ income, expenses, donations, rental expenses, taxes, and account balances. According to the published data, the largest financial movement was recorded by the [ruling] Civil Contract party. The party received 85,476,600 drams in donations from 191 individuals, as well as 144,300 drams in membership fees and 18,977,600 drams in state funding.

The expenses amounted to 120,337,160 drams, the main part of which, 120 million drams, was transferred to the election fund (70 million on May 21, 2026 and 50 million on May 22), as well as including 5,586,000 drams in tax payments. The party’s bank balance amounted to 78,336,889 drams.

The [political] force having the second largest financial circulation is the Strong Armenia bloc, which received 168,870,000 drams in donations from 43 individuals. Other expenses amounted to 223,934,026 drams, including service payments, accounts payable, invoice payments, Facebook advertising, insurance premiums, and a transfer of 160 million drams to the election fund.

The bloc’s bank balance amounted to 89,583,741 drams. The Prosperous Armenia Party received 18,000,000 drams in donations from 2 individuals and 18,977,600 drams in state funding.

The expenses amounted to 20,285,000 drams, of which 18 million drams were transferred to the election fund, and 2,285,000 drams were spent on printing.

The party’s account also recorded 390,000 drams in rent payments. The bank balance amounted to 18,880,896 drams. (…). In individual cases, it is noted that a number of parties had almost no financial movement. (…). In general, the published data show that [on June 7], the largest financial flows before the elections were concentrated around the three main political forces: Civil Contract, Strong Armenia, and partly Prosperous Armenia, while most of the other parties recorded limited or average financial activity.