ISFED releases updated information on the results of the parallel vote tabulation
ISFED publishes updated information on the final results of the October 31, 2020 elections.
As a result of the monitoring, the organization considers the 2020 parliamentary elections to be the lowest standard elections in recent years.
According to them, a defect was revealed in the formula for calculating the votes received by election subjects. However, the difference does not affect the number of mandates received by any of the election subjects.
"Due to the high public interest, we would like to inform you that the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy has conducted a primary, internal audit of the Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) after the October 31, 2020 parliamentary elections. Internal audit is a standard procedure for PVT and consists of four stages: 1. Audit of data submitted by observers; 2. Verification of amended protocols by district election commissions; 3. Audit the accuracy of the calculation of the margin of error; 4. Verification of data related to the election day process.
The results of the internal audit confirmed the accuracy of the PVT methodology and the reliability of the information provided by the observers. However, a gap was identified in the formula for calculating the votes received by election subjects. In particular, in addition to the votes received by the election subjects, the invalid ballots were also counted, as a result of which the percentage of votes received by the election subjects changed slightly. This difference does not affect the number of mandates received by any election subject.
In addition, we would like to remind you that ISFED carried out a complex observation of the entire election process. As a result of the monitoring, the organization considers the 2020 parliamentary elections to be the lowest standard elections in recent years, which was reflected in the imbalance found in 8% of polling station protocols.
ISFED provides updated information on the final results of Election Day, October 31, 2020. The updated information can be viewed at the following link.
