YEREVAN, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Snap parliamentary elections in Armenia will take place on Dec. 9, announced the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia on Friday.
According to the CEC decision, the election campaign will run from Nov. 26 to Dec. 7.
New elections are going to happen following the second failed attempt of the National Assembly to vote for a prime minister on Thursday's session.
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has signed the decree on scheduling snap parliamentary elections.
According to the constitution of Armenia, if the prime minister resigns and no new one is elected after two attempts within 14 days, the country's parliament is then automatically dissolved and new parliamentary elections are to be held within the following 30-45 days.
Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resigned on Oct. 16, calling on the parliament not to elect a new prime minister in order to force new elections.
Pashinyan rode a wave of anti-government protests to power in May. He has been pushing strongly for early parliamentary elections in December following his party's crushing victory in capital Yerevan's City Council elections on Sept. 23.
