Moldovan electoral body declares valid republican constitutional referendum from 20 October

Chisinau, 25 October /MOLDPRES/ - The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has declared valid the republican constitutional referendum from 20 October and approved, at a today’s meeting, the official report on the centralization of the voting’s results, according to a CEC’s press release.    

Thus, based on the official reports on the tabulation of the results of the voting at the referendum, compiled and approved by the constituency electoral councils, the Central Electoral Commission ascertained a voter turnout of 50.72 per cent. In the context, 1, 532, 264 voters received ballot papers for referendum; 1,531,392 electors participated in the voting. As many as 749,719 people out of 1,488, 874 validly expressed votes voted for the YES option, while 739,155 people voted for the NO option.      

The CEC members also approved the CEC’s Report on the results of the organization and holding of the republican constitutional referendum from 20 October 2024, which comprises information structured in 16 Chapters and refers to the normative framework, creation of the electoral constituencies, polling stations, hierarchically lower electoral bodies, training of electoral civil servants, ensuring the electoral logistics, covering of the mass media’s activity, voting process, counting, tabulation of the votes and the results’ centralization, etc.  

The decisions of the Commission on the citizens’ participation in the republican constitutional referendum from 20 October 2024, the official reports on the tabulation of the ballot’s results, as well as the Commission’s report on the organization and holding of the referendum will be submitted to the Constitutional Court.