On 27 June 2011, Promo-Lex finished the physical processing and manual entry of the minutes for counting the votes for the office of General Mayor of Chisinau, after the second round held on 19 June 2011. According to rectified calculations competitors have obtained: Chirtoaca (PL) – 50.60% or 186,916 votes validly expressed and Dodon (PCRM) – 49.40% or 182,494 votes cast. According to the calculations Promo-LEX announced on 20 June 2011 a 0.06% deviation from the results presented by the CEC.
After the physical processing and manual entry in the database of all the 300 original minutes presented by the Promo-LEX to detect a drift of 0.06% compared to official results. Thus the polling station 1 / 25 Chisinau, Botanica in the minutes for counting the votes (Minutes can be found below) the order of the registration of candidates was reversed. In rubric it was found that g1 Chirtoaca the PL candidate, and g2 Dodon the PCRM candidate.
We mention that the phone processing of the results,552 votes were attributed to Chirtoaca Dorin and 770’s votes were assigned Dodon, his counter. Technical error appeared because the internal telephone conversations according to the instructions of rapid counting, because both the observers and operators did not use the name of the competition in the discussions but letters for registration in the minutes, g1, g2, etc.
Recalling that on June 20, 2011 Promo-LEX presented the preliminary results of the parallel counting of votes for the mayor general of Chisinau. The presented data were gathered by telephone from Promo-Lex who reported the number of votes gained by each candidate in a standardized form.
Thus on 20 June 2011, Promo-Lex presented the following results: Chirtoaca (PL) – 50.66% or 187,134 votes validly expressed and Dodon (PCRM) – 49.34% or 182,276 votes validly expressed.
Promo-LEX parallel counting results contained a deviation of 0.06% compared with the data presented on 20 June 2011, officially by the CEC, according to which : Chirtoaca (PL) – 50.60% or 186,918 valid votes and Dodon (PCRM) – 49.40% or 182,494 votes validly expressed.
The Promo-LEX monitoring effort recalls that 12 errors were found in the minutes from the 300 records collected and processed. Errors were recorded in the control logic of the formulas defined by the CEC, errors that are unable to change the final score acquired by candidates. An erroneous 12 minutes and 9 minutes indicated differences in the verification formula i = c + h, ie the number of ballots received from of the precinct election office which coincided with the sum of the number of voters that received ballots and the number of unused ballots and the formula d = f + h, ie the number of voters who voted did not coincide with the sum of the number of ballots declared invalid and the number of valid votes cast.
Only one report of the polling station no. 1 / 54 Chisinau, indicated differences in the verification formula h = g1 + g2. The number of valid votes did not coincide with the amount of votes of the two candidates but had a practically insignificant affect upon the electoral result. Erroneous minutes generated a difference between the final results and outcomes of PVT counted by Promo-LEX compared to those by the CEC.
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