More than 116,000 voters in the municipality of Chisinau marked their ballots by 1pm. This is 18.4% of the  voters on the electoral registers, IPN reports.

The voters aged between 56 and 70 are the most active ones. The voter turnout in this age group was 31.95%. The turnout among the voters aged over 71 was 31.64%. The most active voters in the suburban communities are those from Codru town. The turnout in Budesti village was slightly over 10%.

In a press briefing, Chisinau District Electoral Council deputy head Ina Babin made reference to the reports about absentee ballots. They said that 17 applications to be allowed to vote at the place of stay were submitted to polling place No. 229, but this is not true, according to Ina Babin. According to the register, the applications were filed on May 30 and 31. They also reported that 23 such applications were presented at polling place No. 220, but 16 of them were rejected as improper as they were submitted by a an authorized person. Consequently, the members of the electoral bureau will not take the mobile ballot box to the 16 indicated addresses.

In the first round of voting on May 20, the turnout at 1pm was of over 100,000 voters.

There is no minimum turnout of voters required for the runoff vote. The candidate who gains the largest number of votes emerges victorious. The elected mayor will hold office for a year, until the local general mayoral elections of 2019.