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About 5,000 protesters in Armenia contest incumbent's victory in presidential vote

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    Presidential candidate Raffi Hovanessian gestures during a meeting with supporters in Yerevan, Armenia, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. American-born Raffi Hovanessian, Armenia's first foreign minister after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, on Tuesday called the election unfair and rigged, claiming cases of ballot-box stuffing and voters being coerced to back Armenia's President Serge Sarkisian. Armenia's president easily won a second term, according to preliminary election results Tuesday, but international observers said the vote "lacked competition." (AP Photo/Tigran Mehrabyan, PanARMENIAN) (The Associated Press)

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    Presidential candidate Raffi Hovanessian, front, gestures at a rally in Yerevan, Armenia, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. American-born Raffi Hovanessian, Armenia's first foreign minister after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, on Tuesday called the election unfair and rigged, claiming cases of ballot-box stuffing and voters being coerced to back Armenia's President Serge Sarkisian. Armenia's president easily won a second term, according to preliminary election results Tuesday. At a protest rally in the capital that drew 2,000-3,000 people, Hovanessian declared himself the genuine winner and called on Sarkisian to arrange a transfer of power by Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/PanARMENIAN, Tigran Mehrabyan) (The Associated Press)

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    Armenian President Serge Sarkisian smiles as he casts his ballot during presidential election in Yerevan, Armenia Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Armenian President Serge Sarkisian was re-elected for a second term in the first round of the ex-Soviet nation's presidential election, according to an exit poll Monday.The poll of 19,130 voters conducted by Gallup International and carried by ArmNews TV showed Sarkisian winning 58 percent of Monday's ballot. (AP Photo/PanARMENIAN Tigran Mehrabyan) (The Associated Press)

YEREVAN, Armenia – About 5,000 supporters of a presidential candidate in Armenia, who has lost to the incumbent, have protested the election results.

President Serge Sarkisian easily won a second five-year term in Monday's vote, getting nearly 59 percent of the vote. The closest of his six rivals, American-born Raffi Hovanessian, polled 37 percent.

Hovanessian, Armenia's first foreign minister after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, has called the election unfair and rigged, and declared himself the genuine winner.

On Wednesday, about 5,000 of his supporters gathered in the capital to back Hovanessian's demands. Hovanessian challenged the incumbent to come to the square in Yerevan, and some of his followers pledged to remain there through the night.

International monitors said the election "lacked competition," but noted improvements compared to the previous poll.

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