Parliamentary elections in Romania // Voting process carried out at 59 polling stations opened in Moldova
11:00 | 30.11.2024 Category: Political
Chisinau, 30 November /MOLDPRES/ - The Moldovans with Romanian citizenship participate in the parliamentary elections held in Romania. Those 59 polling stations opened on the territory of Moldova opened at 07:00. The Romanians are to elect 332 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 137 senators.
„The voting process for the parliamentary elections in Romania started at all those 59 polling stations on the territory of Moldova,’’ Ambassador of Romania Cristian-Leon Turcanu has written on his Facebook page.
The Romanian citizens from Moldova can vote at the parliamentary polls held in Romania at those 59 polling stations according to the following schedule:
- Saturday, 30 November 2024, during 07:00-21:00;
- Sunday, 1 December 2024, during 07:00- 21:00.
Romania’s Embassy in Moldova says that the Romanian citizens willing to vote at the elections for the Romanian parliament must prove the residence abroad with a valid document of the residence state and to show one of the following valid Romanian identity documents: identity card, electronic ID, provisional identity card, identity paper, diplomatic passport, electronic diplomatic passport, service passport, electronic service passport, ordinary passport, electronic ordinary passport, temporary ordinary passport and military book for the pupils of military schools.
The Romanian authorities said that the voting cannot be made based on travel documents and voting cards cannot be used. The citizens are urged to make sure that they have valid acts on the day of the elections.
As many as 950 polling stations were opened outside Romania.
The parliamentary elections from 2024 will establish the next composition of the parliament. As many as 332 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 137 senators will be elected. Over 6,330 people run for an office of deputy or senator on behalf of 31 parties and 19 organizations of national minorities.
Eighteen formations and two independents run for positions in the new legislative body on behalf of the Diaspora.