Parliamentary elections held in Moldova: the first data and  assessments of Armenian observers

ArmInfo. On February 24, parliamentary elections were held in Moldova, which were observed by representatives of Armenia as part of the IPA CIS.

The group of international observers from the Inter-Parliamentary  Assembly of the CIS Member States included 35 observers from 7 CIS  IPA member states (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and  Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia). Their work is coordinated by Bektas  Beknazarov, Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of  Kazakhstan.

Thus, a member of the group of international observers from the IPA  CIS, Secretary of the Counting Commission of the National Assembly of  Armenia Arpine Davoyan, in an interview with journalists, stated that  they did not reveal serious violations. "Basically, no violations  were detected by us. Some things seemed a little strange to us. Thus,  in our opinion, the polling booths were located very close to each  other ... There were no ramps, which complicates access to the  sections of people with limited mobility, "she said, adding that a  large number of international observers are watching the elections,  whose presence helps holding transparent elections.

For the first time in the history of the country, parliamentary  elections in Moldova were held according to a mixed electoral system  - 51 MPs by district, and 50 by party lists in the national district.  Simultaneously with the parliamentary elections, a consultative  referendum was held.  The electoral threshold for entry into  parliament is 6% for the party and socio-political organizations and  8% for electoral blocs. The minimum threshold of voting turnout is  canceled.  According to the Electoral Code, the candidate with the  most votes will win in single-member constituencies. If several  candidates score the same number of votes, the district electoral  council will hold the draw.

According to the results of the first calculations, the ruling  Democratic Party and the pro- presidential Socialist Party are  leading in the parliamentary elections in Moldova. According to the  first results, after processing 11% of the election protocols, they  gain about 30% of the votes.  They is followed by the right  pro-European ACUM bloc, which gains about 20% of the vote.  The party  of Ilan Shor, convicted by the first instance for involvement in the  theft of a billion dollars from the banking system, also passes to  the parliament. It gains about 10% of the vote.  The remaining  parties do not overcome the six percent barrier to passing to  parliament. Closer to other parties to this line is the Communist  Party of ex-Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin, which gains more  than 4% of the vote.

According to preliminary data of the CEC, less than 1.45 million  voters took part in the elections, which is 49.18% of voters. The  final election results will be presented on March 3.