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Nearly 259,000 ballots will be printed for the elections in Gagauzia

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A total of 258,780 ballot papers will be printed for the regional elections in Gagauzia, scheduled for November 15. The ballots for the election of the Bashan and members of the People’s Assembly will be available in Romanian, Russian and Gagauz, IPN reports.

According to the Central Electoral Council of Gagauzia, 8,150 ballot papers in Romanian, 100,740 in Russian and 20,500 in Gagauz will be printed for each election. The ballots will be distributed to constituency electoral councils, which will then forward them to polling station electoral bureaus.

The print run was approved by the Central Electoral Council of Gagauzia and the district electoral councils of Comrat, Ceadar-Lunga, and Vulcanesti.

On November 15, more than 129,000 voters in Gagauzia are expected to head to the polls to choose from eight candidates for the post of bashkan. A total of 135 candidates are vying for the 35 seats in the People’s Assembly. Voting will take place at 67 polling stations across 35 electoral districts.