Presidential Elections in the Republic of Moldova: Second Round Declared Valid

The second round of the presidential elections in the Republic of Moldova can be declared valid. This is in the context where until almost 11:30 approximately 560,000 voters had appeared in the polls, a fact that represents 20% of the number registered on the electoral lists, IPN reported.

According to Central Electoral Commission data, more than 2.7 million voters are included in the primary electoral lists. And the Electoral Code states that, in the second round, the vote is declared valid if at least one-fifth of the number of people registered on the electoral lists take part in it.

Voters can also exercise their right to vote until 9:00 pm However, the electoral office can decide to extend the voting period by no more than two hours, in order to allow voters queuing at the polling station to vote.

On October 20, the threshold for the verification of the presidential elections was reached, which was 33.3% for the first round, shortly after 2:30 pm A total of 1,562,238 voters took part in last year’s election, which represents 51.67% of the voters included on the electoral lists.