The Central Electoral Commission: More than 830 thousand citizens are expected to vote. Electricity was off in two towns

In the second round of the general local elections, 839,239 voters are expected at the polls. At 07:00 all polling stations were open, and in two localities from Hancesti district - Carpineni and Aneni from Lapusna commune - the electricity was off for about 20 minutes, but the problem was fixed and the voting process was resumed, the President of the Central Electoral Commission, Angelica Caraman informed during a briefing.

LIVE TEXT. The second round of the general local elections // The polling stations have opened

Today, the second round of mayor election takes place in 273 localities in the country. In the second round of voting, the re are 544 candidates for the position of mayor. 488 of them are nominated by political parties, and 56 are independent candidates. 2 candidates, who accumulated the highest number of votes in the first round of the elections, are listed on the ballot. Exceptions are the village of Cotova, from Drochia district as well as Todiresti commune from Ungheni district, where only one candidate is listed on the ballot.

CEC: Today is the last day of campaigning

Today is the last day on which electoral campaigning is allowed for the second round of general local elections, which will take place this Sunday, warns the Central Electoral Commission.

CEC starts printing ballots for the second round of the November 19 election

About 830 thousand ballot papers will be printed for the second round of the general local elections, announced the president of the Central Electoral Commission, Angelica Caraman. According to her, the estimated cost is 250 thousand lei.

Politicians should be concerned about the low turnout of young people in the general local elections in the Republic of Moldova, experts

While 80% of the elderly go to vote, only 37.2 percent of young people voted on November 5, the day of the general local elections, claimexperts from the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives "Viitorul". According to them, it is worrying that young people are not interested in the political life of the country.

LIVE The Central Electoral Commission presents the preliminary results regarding the general local elections

The members of the Central Electoral Commission organize a press conference in which they will present the preliminary results regarding the conduct of the general local elections.

All votes for the municipality of Chisinau were counted. Ion Ceban wins from the first round, according to the preliminary results

The candidate of the National Alternative Movement, Ion Ceban, for the position of mayor of the municipality of Chisinau wins the mayor's seat of the capital in the first round. After processing all the minutes, Ion Ceban wins with a score of 50.62%. In second place is the candidate of the Action and Solidarity Party, Lilian Carp with 28.23% of votes.

Chisinau, 304 minutes processed out of 305: Ion Ceban - 50.58%, Lilian Carp - 22.27%

The current mayor of Chisinau, Ion Ceban, the president of MAN, got the most votes. With 50.58% of the votes, Ceban is ahead of the PAS candidate Lilian Carp who has accumulated 28.27% of votes and has a chance to win the elections in the first round, according to the preliminary data of the Central Electoral Commission. To date, the CEC has processed 304 minutes out of 305 for the municipality of Chisinau.

In six municipalities in the Republic of Moldova, the mayor was elected in the first round

The municipalities of Orhei, Străseni, Soroca, Hîncești, Ceadîr-lunga and Cahul have elected their mayors.

LIVE TEXT // General local elections. In over 600 localities in the country, the mayors were elected in the first round

UPDATE 15:58 Mayors were elected in the first round in 623 localities in the country, said the president of the CEC, Angelica Caraman. In other 265 localities no candidate receives more than half of the number of validly cast votes, which is why within two weeks the second round of voting is organized with two candidates with the highest number of votes in the first ballot ".

Dorin Recean: "Today we decide on the future of the Republic of Moldova"

We build the European future of the Republic of Moldova every day, and today we do it by offering our vote for European mayors and councilors, said Prime Minister Dorin Recean after voting. Also, the PM encouraged everyone to vote.

Igor Grosu voted for a mayor with managerial capabilities "we want a European capital, without traffic jams"

The Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu voted for a mayor with managerial capabilities to transform the capital into a European city without traffic jams.