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Following the results of the election that took place on May 5, 2013, Armenia's [[Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia|Central Electoral Commission]] (CEC) announced that the City Council members have been elected from the RA’s list of Yerevan’s 42 members from the City Council, 17 members from Yerevan’s “Prosperous Armenia” party, and 6 members from the “Hello Yerevan” party’s electoral bloc list.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2016-07-22|title=Yerevan City Council election, 2013|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yerevan_City_Council_election,_2013&oldid=731053243|journal=Wikipedia|language=en}}</ref>
After [[Nikol Pashinyan]] became prime minister of Armenia during the velvet revolution in April 2018, city hall was raided and the Yerevan Fund which Margaryan was head of was implicated in large-scale corrupt practices<ref>https://www.azatutyun.am/a/29353401.html</ref>. Then a video came out highlighting Margaryan's vast and undeclared wealth and businesses<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_IuACM-hEw</ref> which received widespread attention and well over a hundred thousand views. Finally, on July 9, 2018, the embattled Margaryan tendered his resignation as mayor of Yerevan<ref>https://www.yerevan.am/en/news/taron-margaryani-owgherdze-erewants-inerin/</ref><ref>https://www.azatutyun.am/a/29353401.html</ref>.
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