Over 37 per cent of Chisinau residents exercise right to vote till 20:00
20:40 | 03.06.2018 Category: Political
Chisinau, 3 June /MOLDPRES/ - The voter turnout was of 37.4 per cent one hour before the closing of the polling stations at the runoff of the local polls for the election of the Chisinau general mayor. This figure is by about two per cent higher than at the first round of the elections on 20 May.
According to data by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), more than 240,000 out of 632,000 voters gave their suffrages till 20:00.
Women remain to be the most active at this time too, with more than 133,000 women registered at the polls.
The highest voter turnout was recorded in the Rascani district of Chisinau – 39.6 per cent; it is followed by the Centru district with 39.4 per cent and Botanica – 38.1 per cent. In Buiucani, the voter turnout stood at 37.7 per cent and in Ciocana – at 36.8 per cent. The lowest voter turnout was registered in the suburbs – 33.3 per cent.
Elderly people are more active at the voting than young persons. Over a half of the electors older than 56 years voted till 20:00.
The polling stations opened at 7:00 and will close at 21:00. As many as 225,600 electors came to vote at the local polls on 20 May.
According to information provided by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), more than 631,000 voters are included in the basic lists, of whom less of all are registered in the Centru district of Chisinau and most of all in the Botanica district of the capital.
The general mayor elected will exercise his powers till the general local elections due in June 2019. Following the new local polls from 20 May 2018, two candidates remained to compete for the runoff: the candidate on behalf of the Political Party, Party of Socialists of Moldova, Ion Ceban, who picked up 40.97 per cent of the votes, and the candidate on the behalf of the Dignity and Truth Platform Political Party, Andrei Nastase, who got 32.12 per cent of the votes. The candidate due to get the largest number of suffrages will be declared winner of the runoff.
(Reporter A. Zara, editor M. Jantovan)
