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The Promo-LEX Observation Mission of the Presidential Election of 30 October 2016 has finished processing the election results received via SMS message from its network of 1979 observers across the country and 44 observers sent to polling stations abroad. The final results from the Parallel Vote Tabulation will be submitted after the manual verification of the reports received from Promo-LEX observers.

In accordance with information gathered on election day, Promo-LEX can state that the highest voter turnout was recorded between 12.00 and 1.00 pm, although the graph of voter turnout shows that the voting process was continuous and uninterrupted.

Preliminary results from the Parallel Vote Tabulation carried out by Promo-LEX show the following:

Thus, Promo-LEX Mission states that citizens who have the right to vote will be expected once again at the pooling stations on 13 November, in order to elect the President of the Republic of Moldova in the second round.

Parallel Vote Tabulation is a method used to check the election results, which consists in processing qualitative and quantitative information of 100% of the minutes produced by the Electoral Offices of the Polling Stations (EOPS), in the context of monitoring elections at the national level during the election day (e-day) and the next period until the entire information from minutes is processed.

Promo-LEX Observation Mission consists of 42 long-term observers who monitor the electoral process in all constituencies of the Republic of Moldova during 31 August – 30 November 2016. On the election day, Promo-LEX delegated a short-term observer in each polling station of the country. Promo-LEX EOM will also perform the Parallel Vote Tabulation in all polling stations. The Mission monitors the electoral process in 47 polling stations open abroad. The observers involved in the monitoring process signed the Code of Conduct of the Promo-LEX Independent National Observer, assuming the commitment to act efficiently, in good faith and in a non-partisan manner. The activity of all observers is coordinated by a central team consisting of 37 persons.

The activity carried out by Promo-LEX EOM and the “Come to Vote” campaign is currently funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the British Embassy in Chisinau, the National Endowment for Democracy and the Council of Europe. The opinions presented in the public reports of Promo-LEX belong to authors and do not necessarily reflect the donors’ view.

For more details, please contact: Tatiana Pascovschi, Communication Officer of Promo-Lex Election Observation Mission: GSM 060804022, e-mail: [email protected]