By 11:00, almost 11 per cent of voters present at ballot box in Moldova

Chisinau, 20 October /MOLDPRES/ – Almost 11 per cent of voters cast their vote at the poll by 11:00, on Sunday, 20 October.

Specifically, over 300 thousand people showed up at the ballot box, according to data at 11:00. The polling stations in the amount of 1,969, opened for general local elections (ALG), started their work at 07:00 hours. The voters will be able to vote until 21:00 hours.

According to the Central Election Commission's (CEC) data, the total number of voters registered in the State Register (RS) of voters is 3,285,894 persons. Out of the total number, 2,818,228 citizens with voting rights are assigned to administrative – territorial units of level II. The difference includes persons who have citizenship of Moldova, but do not have registration at home or residence and citizens with voting rights having their registered address in the administrative – territorial units on the left bank of the Dniester river.

Following ALG, it will be elected 898 mayors and 11,580 local councilors. For these functions, there are 3,761 candidates who wish to occupy the mayor's position and 50,410 citizens who want to be advisers.