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Article 31
 

The summing up of the results of the election for the position of the President of the Republic of Moldova

 

(1) Based on the protocols submitted by district electoral commissions, the Central Electoral Commission for the election of the President of the Republic of Moldova shall, withinthroeten days of the election, complete a protocol containing the following data: a) total number of voters; b) total number of voters who have received voting ballots; c) total number of voters who have participated in the election; d) total number of valid votes cast for each candidate; e) total number of ballots declared invalid; f) total number of unused ballots.

(2) The protocol shall be signed by the chairman, the vice chairman, the secretary and members of the Central Electoral Commission.

(3) The candidate who receives at least half of the votes of the voters who have participated in the elections shall be considered elected President of the Republic of Moldova.

(4) Elections shall be declared null in the event that less than half of the voters on voter rolls have participated in elections, as well as in the event that all candidates for the position of the President of the Republic of Moldova have withdrawn their candidacies.

(5) The decision to declare the elections null shall be adopted by the Central Electoral Commission for the election of the President of the Republic of Moldova and may be appealed to the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Moldova within 3 days of the publication of election results. Candidates for the position of the President of the Republic of Moldova have the right to appeal the decision to declare the election null and void.

(6) The election shall be considered valid when more than half the voters entered on voter rolls have voted.

7) The Central Electoral Commission shall submit to the Constitutional Court a report on the results of the elections within three days of the record of the results of the election has been signed.