Yerevan /Mediamax/. MaxMonitor, the media monitoring, analysis and measurement platform developed by Mediamax media company, presents the data of online media coverage of parties, alliances and political figures in the pre-elections period by the results of 13-19 March 2017 analysis.

MaxMonitor monitored and analyzed the following websites between March 13 and 19:

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1in.am

A1plus.am

Aravot.am

Armenpress.am

Armlur.am

Blognews.am

Hraparak.am

Lragir.am

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Panorama.am

Tert.am

The monitoring results show that the most extensively covered political figures are:

Political figures

1. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan – 605 publications (35.2%), 383 out of which are positive, 211 are neutral, and 11 are negative.

2. Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan – 502 publications (29.2%), 332 out of which are positive, 169 are neutral and 1 is negative.

3. Member of Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanyan alliance Seyran Ohanyan – 138 publications (8.0%), 72 out of which are positive, 65 are neutral and 1 is negative.

Parties and alliances

1. Republican Party of Armenia – 1077 publications (46.5%), 157 out of which are positive, 558 are neutral, and 332 are negative.

2. Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanyan alliance – 332 publications (14.3%), 73 out of which are positive, 244 are neutral, and 15 are negative.

3. “Tsarukian” alliance – 281 publications (12.1%), 59 out of which are positive, 199 are neutral, and 23 are negative.

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