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The draft constitutional amendments put to the referendum in Armenia will be considered to be adopted if more than half of the voters vote in favor of those amendments, while the total number of the votes cast should be not less than one-fourth of the citizens included in the voter lists, Secretary of the Central Election Commission of Armenia (CEC) Armen Smbatyan told Panorama.am. He pleaded the Law on Referendum. 
A referendum on the constitutional reform will be held in Armenia on December 6.

According to Smbatyan, the draft amendments put to the referendum will be considered as rejected if the necessary number of the votes will not be cast in the referendum.

“The referendum results are declared null and void if inaccuracies and violations recorded during the preparations and conduct of the referendum affect or could affect the voting results, “ CEC secretary said.
According to data released by the Armenian police today, the total number of the referendum participants included in the voter register is 2,550,323.

Smbatyan said the Central Election Commission of Armenia will publish the preliminary results of the December 6 referendum until 8:00 pm, December 7.   

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on August 21 sent the draft constitutional amendments to the country’s parliament. The draft was developed by the Special Commission on Constitutional Reforms adjunct to Armenian President. Following the debates, the Armenian parliament adopted on October 5 the draft decision of the National Assembly on its consent for the document to be put to a referendum. The Armenian president set December 6, 2015 as the date for the constitutional referendum. The campaign for the constitutional reform in Armenia began on October 10 and ended at midnight of December 4. The draft constitutional amendments propose a transition from the semi-presidential system of government to a parliamentary one. The Constitution of Armenia has so far been amended twice – in 1995 and 2005.