As part of its monitoring effort during the general local elections in Moldova, the Promo-LEX Association carried out Quick Count and Parallel Vote Tabulation processes – in the cities of Chișinău, Bălți and Comrat – to assess the quality of the elections and the accuracy of the results.

The Quick Count allowed Promo-LEX observers to assess the overall quality of the electoral process. The Quick Count was carried out at 190 voting stations of the 1945 in the country, thus representing about 10%. The margin of error is 0.5%.

Concerning the question of whether there were cases of violence and intimidation towards voters or other people, in 87% of cases the answer was negative, such situations being reported at 13% of the polling stations observed. In response to the question of whether there were instances of attempts to influence voters’ choice of candidate, the Quick Count results show that in 76% of cases no such instances were noted. In the other 24% of cases, however, instances of this nature were reported.
Observers further noted that, at the moment when the ballot boxes were opened so that the votes could be counted, the seals on the ballot boxes were intact at 93% of voting stations. Irregularities in this respect were noted at 3% of voting stations.

Another question to which those performing the Quick Count were able to give a response concerned the security of the ballot papers. Asked whether those ballot papers that had not been given to voters had been kept in secure conditions, observers found that in 96% of cases this was indeed the case. In the other 4%, certain irregularities were noted on this point.

The results of the Parallel Vote Tabulation were as follows:

Chișinău
Dodon I. (PCRM) – 48.35%
Chirtoacă D. .(PL) – 46.76%
Buliga V. (PDM) – 2.54%

It should be mentioned that out of the 300 voting stations in the municipality of Chisinau, Promo-LEX observers have examined and reported on 298 protocols. On 27 out of the 298 protocols, minor technical errors were noted which could not have significantly altered the results of the voting.

Bălți
Panciuc V. (PCRM) – 70.68%
Tonciuc V.(PLDM) – 15.90%
Vacarciuc V.(PL) – 7.63%
Harcenco A. (PDM) – 5.45%
Ciuru I. (PPCD) – 1.46%
Topolniţki O. (PSD) – 1.31%
Mazur S. (РАВНОПРАВИЕ) – 0.56%
Dorojco V. (PS) – 0.30%
Postolachi V. (PNL) – 0.18%

Comrat
Dudoglo N. – 57.52%
Sibov C. – 20.78%
Vlah P. (PLDM) – 8.24%
Croitor V. – 6.45%
Mavrodi P. (PDM) – 6.44%
Devrov L. (‘Alianţa Verde’) – 0.57%

The Promo-LEX Association is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organisation, dedicated to promoting democratic values and international human rights standards in the Republic of Moldova, inclusive of the Transnistrian region.

This project benefits from the technical and financial assistance of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. The effort is co-funded by the East European Foundation, from the resources awarded by the Swedish Agency for International Development and Cooperation (Sida), and the Foreign Ministry of Denmark. The materials published in this report belong to the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the donors

For more information, contact Carolina Bondarciuc, Promo-LEX Public Relations Officer
Tel: (22) 450024, GSM: 069637849, e-mail: [email protected]