There will be 9 more polling stations in July 29 parliamentary elections, than there were in the previous campaign. All of them started functioning on July 15. When asked by Info-Prim Neo, Eugeniu Stirbu, the chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC), says that 4 more polling stations have been set up in Chisinau, and 5 more were set up in the country. The electoral bureaus consist from three local councilors and representatives of the parliamentary parties – PCRM, PL, PLDM and AMN, in function of the number of seats in the dissolved parliament. Eugeniu Stirbu says the CEC has started to hold seminars for the secretaries of the local councils, mayor offices and chairpeople of the electoral bureaus. “The seminars pursue to discuss issues related to preparing the polling stations, checking the voters lists and other organizational issues,” the CEC chairman says. 297 polling stations will function in Chisinau municipality.