According to polls leading up to the election, incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan looked set to retain power, and when the votes from the first constituencies were tallied he appeared to have received over 50 percent of the vote.
On the challenger side is billionaire Samvel Karapetian, who warns about Armenia's current direction and emphasizes that Russia is the country's most important ally. According to the first, very limited results reported on Sunday evening, his party had received just over 20 percent.
At that time, just under 7 percent of the constituencies had reported election results.
Nearly 2.5 million Armenians were able to vote in the election, which was described as a test for the prime minister's more pro-Western policies.
Voter turnout was 59 percent, according to the election commission's official statement on Sunday evening.
The Kremlin has been accused of trying to influence the election through disinformation.
The OSCE announced that its on-site observers will hold a press conference on Monday to provide information on the circumstances surrounding the election.
