Armenian election officials register 29 parties to take part in May poll

Twenty-nine parties will compete for 90 party-based seats and 173 politicians will run for the remaining 41 seats that are awarded to individual candidates in the country's single-chamber legislature, election authorities said in a statement.

In order to get into parliament, a party must win at least 5 percent of votes, according to Armenian election law.

Among the registered parties are three main pro-government parties, two centrist groups and a number of smaller opposition parties as well as a number of other groups.

Parliament was last elected in 2003. The Associated Press

/The International Herald Tribune/