Will presidentional elections in Armenia result in changes of distrebution of poitical forces

Armenian prsidential elections might result in serious changes in structure of political power. In spite of the fact that new president Serge Sargisyan could be considered as a successor of current president Robert Kocharyan the elections results may significantly change relationships between different political groups and parties.

One of significant political consequences of Armenian 2008 presidential elections is the return to politics of All–Armenian Movement (AAM) and first president of Armenian Levon Ter–Petrosyan. After resignation in 1998 Ter–Petrosyan was not politically active and even did not commented on political situation and events in Armenia. Now, he back to politics and gain at least 20% votes. Another surprising result is high rating of another candidate for presidential leader of "Country of Law" party Artur Bagdasaryan whose party last year quit ruling coalition of Republican party and Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) "Dashnaktsutiun".  He gained 16% of votes that more than his party got on 2007 parliamentary elections. 

And finally, Vahan Hovhannesyan the candidate nominated by ARF "Dashnaktsutiun" got 40% less votes comparing with number of votes his party gained on last year parliamentary elections. Yesterday, Vahan Hovhanessyan resigned from the position of deputy chairperson of the National Assembly (the parliament). The main questions left without answers yet are will ARF "Dashnaktsutiun" quit coalition of Republican party and party "Prosperous Armenia" and will it join opposition? If that happen structure of political forces in legislative would change dramatically and opposition will be able to block voting on laws submitted by government. 

 Though there are many other important question such as would Levon Ter–Petrosyan's supporters (that currently conduct permanent protest rally) force political power to annul first round results or what will be the next step of Levon Ter–Petrosyan and its supporters? However, the most intriguing question is how opposition in Armenia will look during the next four years.