The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) informs that, at 9:00 p.m., all 67 polling stations established for the election of deputies to the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia and the Governor (Bashkan) of Gagauzia were closed.

According to preliminary data, 48,749 voters exercised their right to vote, representing a voter turnout of 37.60%.

The minimum turnout threshold of one-quarter of the voters registered on the electoral rolls, required for the elections to be declared valid, was reached in 34 of the 35 electoral constituencies. The exception was the Baurci constituency, where voter turnout remained below this threshold (24.60%).

Following the closure of polling stations, members of the electoral bureaus began counting the votes and preparing the official reports on the voting results for each of the two elections separately.

A candidate for deputy to the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia, as well as a candidate for Governor (Bashkan) of Gagauzia, is considered elected if they receive more than half of the valid votes cast by voters who participated in the election. If no candidate meets this requirement, a second round of voting will be held within two weeks between the two candidates who received the highest number of votes in the first round.

Until the original electoral documents are received, all reported data remain preliminary.

Electoral documents and materials are to be forwarded as soon as possible, within deadlines calculated from the closure of polling stations: no more than 18 hours for electoral bureaus, 24 hours for first-level electoral councils, which submit them to the Central Electoral Council of Gagauzia, and 48 hours for the Central Electoral Council of Gagauzia to forward them to the Central Electoral Commission.