The sic! Project has published a new explainer article, accompanied by a motion graphics video, which examines the winners and losers of the electoral map that comes with the mixed voting system, IPN reports.
Voice-over (Romanian):
“The constituencies under the mixed system are now ready. The new map seems to best serve two parties – the Democrats and the Socialists.
The Democrats have over 400 mayors of the total 900, meaning they dominate local administration in 25 out of 46 constituencies. So during the legislative elections, the Democrats will surely be well off for local support.
The socialists are favored as well: if we project the results of the 2016 presidential elections onto the new map, we can see the Socialist candidate taking 30 out of 46 constituencies.
In Chisinau, the suburbs have been separated from their administrative districts in what seems to be a case of packing of the traditionally pro-European suburbanites. Thus the city proper is left with several constituencies where the pro-Russian candidates will be in pole position.
Another gift for the pro-Russian candidates is two seats for Transnistria, despite the fact that only 17,000 people from the left bank voted in the 2016 presidential elections. In contrast, the European diaspora, where 115,000 Moldovans voted, got only one constituency.
Moreover, the electoral map violates the law that introduced the mixed system. The law says that a constituency must have between 55,000 and 60,000 voters, and the difference must not be more than 10 percent. However, the difference between the largest and the smallest constituency is 21 percent. Or twice the limit. For more on this subject, visit sic.md”.
The full article is available here (Romanian).
Sic! is a fact-checking, promise-tracking and explainer project implemented by IPN with the support of the Soros Foundation-Moldova and the Black Sea Trust.
