Tabulation of voting results by the Central Electoral Commission

(1) In Parliamentary, Presidential, General Local Elections and Republican Referendum, based on the documents submitted by District Electoral Councils, the Central Electoral Commission shall prepare within 5 days a minutes containing:

a) the number of voters included on the basic Voters’ Lists;

b) the number of voters included on the supplementary Voters’ Lists;

c) the number of voters who received ballot papers;

d) the number of voters who voted;

e) the difference between the number of ballot papers received by the voters and the number of voters who voted;

f) the number of ballot papers declared invalid;

g) the number of votes cast per electoral competitor/for each option on which the voters have to express their opinion within the referendum;

h) the total number of valid casted votes.

(2) In Parliamentary, Presidential Elections and Republic Referendum, the Central Electoral Commission shall record in a minutes the voting results by country in a minutes, in accordance with paragraph (1), signed by the members of the Commission, and shall draw up a report on the elections results.

(3) In case of disagreement with the preliminary voting results, prior to the confirmation of results by the competent bodies, electoral competitors may submit a request to these bodies to recount the votes. A recounting may be ordered by the Constitutional Court in case of Parliamentary, Presidential Elections and Republic Referendum or by the Central Electoral Commission – in local elections and referendum, under the conditions of chapter XIII. Recounting shall be done by the same electoral bodies, replacing the electoral officials guilty of fraud. The general recount procedure shall be approved by the decision of the Central Electoral Commission.

(4) The acts referred to in paragraph (2) shall be submitted to the Constitutional Court to confirm the results of the elections and/or validate the mandates of Members of the Parliament and mandate of the President of the Republic of Moldova.

(5) In General Local Elections, the Central Electoral Commission shall record the voting results by country in a minutes signed by the members of the Commission and shall draw up a report on the elections results.