{"id":447584,"date":"2019-10-21T17:33:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T17:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=447584"},"modified":"2019-10-27T07:54:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T07:54:49","slug":"all-you-need-to-know-about-the-local-elections-held-in-moldova-on-october-20th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-local-elections-held-in-moldova-on-october-20th\/","title":{"rendered":"All you need to know about the local elections held in Moldova on October 20th"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><strong>898<\/strong> mayors, <strong>10 472<\/strong> local councillors, as well as <strong>1108<\/strong> district and municipal councillors run in the local elections held in all administrative-territorial units (municipalities, district, cities and villages), except for the localities on the left bank of the Dniester and the municipality of Bender on October 20th.<\/p>\n<p>According to the data provided by the electoral authorities (Central Electoral Commission), there are 3 285 894 people in the State Register of Voters, out of whom <strong>2 818 228<\/strong> are voting citizens. The voter turnout was <strong>41.68%<\/strong> at the national level, therefore the local elections were validated.<\/p>\n<h4>Local elections&#8217; results<\/h4>\n<p>In the first round, <strong>518<\/strong> mayors were elected in Moldovan localities: 191 mayors from the Democratic Party, 124 represent the Socialist Party, while the political bloc ACUM has 82 mayors. The Liberal Democrat Party has 26 mayors, the &#8220;\u0218or&#8221; Political Party -13, while &#8220;Our Party&#8221; is represented by 10 mayors. 4\u00a0elected mayors are from the Communist Party, 2 represent the Party of National Unity, whereas the Romanian Popular Party and the Liberal Party are represented by one mayor each. At the same time, 64 elected mayors were running as independent candidates.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-447588 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri4.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri4-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Such big cities as B\u0103l\u021bi (Renato Usat\u00eei, the candidate of \u201cOur Party\u201d), Cahul (the\u00a0independent candidate Nicolae Dandi\u0219) and Orhei (the candidate of &#8220;\u0218or&#8221; Political Party Pavel Verejan) already elected their mayors.<\/p>\n<p>As mayors shall be elected with 50% plus one vote, some of the candidates didn&#8217;t manage to cross the threshold. Therefore, the second round of elections will be organised in <strong>380<\/strong> localities (including in Chi\u0219in\u0103u) on November 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>The candidate of the Socialist Party Ion Ceban, who has accumulated 40.19% of the votes, and the candidate of\u00a0ACUM Andrei N\u0103stase, who was elected by 31.08% of voters will be running in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>It is interesting to note that the elections results in Chi\u0219in\u0103u follow the same pattern as in June last year, when the same two candidates run for mayor of the capital city, obtaining almost the same results in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>More about the local elections\u2019 results <a href=\"http:\/\/alegeri.md\/w\/Pagina_principal%C4%83\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Snap parliamentary elections&#8217; results<\/h4>\n<p>In parallel with local elections, snap parliamentary elections were held for <strong>4 single-seat constituencies<\/strong>, after Andrei N\u0103stase, Maia Sandu, Viorel Melnic and Vladimir Plahotniuc gave up their parliamentary mandates.<\/p>\n<p>After processing all minutes, it was established that the mandates were distributed as follows: one to the Democratic Party, one to the Socialist Party, and two to the political bloc ACUM, according to the preliminary <a href=\"https:\/\/a.cec.md\/ro\/alegeri-parlamentare-noi-4585.html\">data<\/a> presented by the Central Election Commission (CEC).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-447589 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri5.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri5-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Observation Missions<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/promolex.md\/15965-misiunea-de-observare-promo-lex-a-alegerilor-locale-generale-si-parlamentare-noi-din-20-octombrie-2019-noi-detalii-privind-desfasurarea-scrutinului-2\/?lang=en\">Promo-LEX<\/a> Observation Mission for the general local and new parliamentary elections found <strong>743<\/strong> incidents reported by its observers, including cases of observers\u2019 intimidation, cases of presence of advertising materials, posters, electoral displays within the precinct (100 meters from the polling station), cases of electoral\/ negative campaigning to influence the choice of voters, cases of rumours, attempts or even cases of material or monetary rewards offered to voters to influence their choice, cases of organised transportation of voters, cases of unjustified presence of unauthorised persons in the polling stations or within 100m of it, cases of acts of violence or intimidation of voters, cases of unjustified group voting, as well as cases of photographing of the ballot papers or other violations of the secret of voting, etc.<\/p>\n<p>As compared to the parliamentary elections of February 2019, when the members of the Promo-LEX Observation Mission reported 1020 incidents, the current number of reported incidents was lower.<\/p>\n<p>At the invitation of the Moldovan authorities, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe delegated 11 teams of 24 observers to observe the local elections around 180 polling stations across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;Generally, the elections were organised by well-prepared committees, the voting was conducted in an orderly manner and the counting was done in a professional manner,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> declared Vladimir Prebilic, the Head of the Congress delegation, at a press conference, reported the official Council of Europe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/congress\/-\/republic-of-moldova-preliminary-findings-of-the-local-election-observation-mission\">page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>The budget<\/h4>\n<p>The Central Election Commission has planned a budget of <strong>84 million<\/strong> lei for the first round of local elections. The second round could cost almost <strong>27 million lei<\/strong>, according to the CEC <a href=\"http:\/\/old.cec.md\/index.php?pag=news&amp;id=1001&amp;rid=22940&amp;l=ro\">Decision<\/a> no. 1874 of November 14th, 2018 regarding the approval of the budget of the Central Election Commission for 2019.<\/p>\n<p>More about the elections\u2019 process and candidates <a href=\"http:\/\/alegeri.md\/w\/Alegerile_locale_generale_din_2019_%C3%AEn_Republica_Moldova\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>898 mayors, 10 472 local councillors, as well as 1108 district and municipal councillors run in the local elections held in all administrative-territorial units (municipalities, district, cities and villages), except for the localities on the left bank of the Dniester and the municipality of Bender on October 20th. According to the data provided by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":447587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,4,56],"tags":[100,35,425,27,155,439],"class_list":["post-447584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-en","category-politics","category-society","category-reportaje","tag-elections","tag-important","tag-local","tag-moldova","tag-opinion","tag-results"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><strong>898<\/strong> mayors, <strong>10 472<\/strong> local councillors, as well as <strong>1108<\/strong> district and municipal councillors run in the local elections held in all administrative-territorial units (municipalities, district, cities and villages), except for the localities on the left bank of the Dniester and the municipality of Bender on October 20th.<\/p>\n<p>According to the data provided by the electoral authorities (Central Electoral Commission), there are 3 285 894 people in the State Register of Voters, out of whom <strong>2 818 228<\/strong> are voting citizens. The voter turnout was <strong>41.68%<\/strong> at the national level, therefore the local elections were validated.<\/p>\n<h4>Local elections&#8217; results<\/h4>\n<p>In the first round, <strong>518<\/strong> mayors were elected in Moldovan localities: 191 mayors from the Democratic Party, 124 represent the Socialist Party, while the political bloc ACUM has 82 mayors. The Liberal Democrat Party has 26 mayors, the &#8220;\u0218or&#8221; Political Party -13, while &#8220;Our Party&#8221; is represented by 10 mayors. 4\u00a0elected mayors are from the Communist Party, 2 represent the Party of National Unity, whereas the Romanian Popular Party and the Liberal Party are represented by one mayor each. At the same time, 64 elected mayors were running as independent candidates.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-447588 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri4.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri4-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Such big cities as B\u0103l\u021bi (Renato Usat\u00eei, the candidate of \u201cOur Party\u201d), Cahul (the\u00a0independent candidate Nicolae Dandi\u0219) and Orhei (the candidate of &#8220;\u0218or&#8221; Political Party Pavel Verejan) already elected their mayors.<\/p>\n<p>As mayors shall be elected with 50% plus one vote, some of the candidates didn&#8217;t manage to cross the threshold. Therefore, the second round of elections will be organised in <strong>380<\/strong> localities (including in Chi\u0219in\u0103u) on November 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>The candidate of the Socialist Party Ion Ceban, who has accumulated 40.19% of the votes, and the candidate of\u00a0ACUM Andrei N\u0103stase, who was elected by 31.08% of voters will be running in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>It is interesting to note that the elections results in Chi\u0219in\u0103u follow the same pattern as in June last year, when the same two candidates run for mayor of the capital city, obtaining almost the same results in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>More about the local elections\u2019 results <a href=\"http:\/\/alegeri.md\/w\/Pagina_principal%C4%83\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Snap parliamentary elections&#8217; results<\/h4>\n<p>In parallel with local elections, snap parliamentary elections were held for <strong>4 single-seat constituencies<\/strong>, after Andrei N\u0103stase, Maia Sandu, Viorel Melnic and Vladimir Plahotniuc gave up their parliamentary mandates.<\/p>\n<p>After processing all minutes, it was established that the mandates were distributed as follows: one to the Democratic Party, one to the Socialist Party, and two to the political bloc ACUM, according to the preliminary <a href=\"https:\/\/a.cec.md\/ro\/alegeri-parlamentare-noi-4585.html\">data<\/a> presented by the Central Election Commission (CEC).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-447589 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri5.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/alegeri5-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Observation Missions<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/promolex.md\/15965-misiunea-de-observare-promo-lex-a-alegerilor-locale-generale-si-parlamentare-noi-din-20-octombrie-2019-noi-detalii-privind-desfasurarea-scrutinului-2\/?lang=en\">Promo-LEX<\/a> Observation Mission for the general local and new parliamentary elections found <strong>743<\/strong> incidents reported by its observers, including cases of observers\u2019 intimidation, cases of presence of advertising materials, posters, electoral displays within the precinct (100 meters from the polling station), cases of electoral\/ negative campaigning to influence the choice of voters, cases of rumours, attempts or even cases of material or monetary rewards offered to voters to influence their choice, cases of organised transportation of voters, cases of unjustified presence of unauthorised persons in the polling stations or within 100m of it, cases of acts of violence or intimidation of voters, cases of unjustified group voting, as well as cases of photographing of the ballot papers or other violations of the secret of voting, etc.<\/p>\n<p>As compared to the parliamentary elections of February 2019, when the members of the Promo-LEX Observation Mission reported 1020 incidents, the current number of reported incidents was lower.<\/p>\n<p>At the invitation of the Moldovan authorities, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe delegated 11 teams of 24 observers to observe the local elections around 180 polling stations across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;Generally, the elections were organised by well-prepared committees, the voting was conducted in an orderly manner and the counting was done in a professional manner,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> declared Vladimir Prebilic, the Head of the Congress delegation, at a press conference, reported the official Council of Europe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/congress\/-\/republic-of-moldova-preliminary-findings-of-the-local-election-observation-mission\">page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>The budget<\/h4>\n<p>The Central Election Commission has planned a budget of <strong>84 million<\/strong> lei for the first round of local elections. 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