Moldova
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 4 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
· Parliamentary
- Seats: 101
- Term of office: 4 years
· Mayors
- Seats: 898
- Term of office: 4 years
· Councilors
- Seats: 11,580
- Term of office: 4 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 2,100
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 7 am and 9 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 2,959,143 (2019 elections)
· Voter turnout: 49.24% (2019 parliamentary elections)
· Voting age: 18
- Presidential: direct vote, the two-round system
- Parliamentary
1. proportional representation, 50 elected in a single nationwide constituency, 51 elected from single-member constituencies.
2. To enter parliament, there are thresholds of 2% for independent candidates, 6% for political parties, 9% for blocs of two parties, and 11% for blocs of three or more parties
· Voting process: Verify National ID Card -> Receive Ballots -> Mark Ballots -> Cast Ballots
· Counting process
1. Manual Count in Polling Station: take each ballot out of the box one by one consecutively, and display it to the attending public witnesses.
2. The copy is submitted to the district electoral council, and the copy is immediately posted at the entrance to the polling station.
3. Either the Central Electoral Commission or the district electoral council should announce publicly the election in the entire country.
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: Within 5 days of closing of polls