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14 November, 2026 / 09:53

/ 30 October, 2026

More than 18,000 ballots to be printed for Sunday’s elections

The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has announced that it is printing 18,251 ballots for the new local elections and the local referendum to be held on Sunday, November 1, 2026. The ballots will be available in Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian, and Gagauz.

According to the CEC, 12,481 ballots will be printed for the mayoral elections, including 3,851 in Romanian, 8,168 in Russian, 100 in Gagauz, and 362 in Bulgarian.

Another 4,042 ballots will be printed for the election of a new local council, including 100 in Romanian, 3,842 in Russian, and 100 in Gagauz.

Another 1,728 ballots, all in Romanian, are intended for the local referendum in the village of Delacău, Anenii Noi District.

The ballots will have different colors depending on the type of election. Those for the mayoral elections will be pink, those for the local council elections will be smoky gray, while the referendum ballots will be cool pastel blue.

The cost of one ballot for the mayoral election is 0.96 lei, for the local council election it is 2.10 lei, and for the referendum it is 2.40 lei. The total value of the print run amounts to 24,618.16 lei.

On Sunday, November 1, 2026, mayoral elections will be held in the villages of Cairaclia and Novosiolovca in Taraclia District, the town of Costești in Rîșcani District, the village of Hăsnășenii Mari in Drochia District, and the village of Chirsova in the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia.

In the village of Tomai in the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, elections for a new local council will be held, while a local referendum will take place in the village of Delacău, Anenii Noi District.

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