Observers of the Common Cause PF, as of 4 PM, reported 33 violations during the elections of deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh.
BISHKEK, 2021, November 28. Observers of the Common Cause PF, as of 4 PM, reported 33 violations during the elections of deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh. Including 10 of them indicate that there was no recount of ballots, 7 reports about the absence of a PEC meeting (including no drawing of lots), 2 reports about violation of the secrecy of vote, 1 report about illegal infringement of the rights of public observers, pressure against an observer, 5 reports about campaigning on election day, 1 report about the failure of SBB, 1 report stating that the SBB was not sealed, 1 report about deviation from the voter list, 1 report about the presence of unauthorized persons at the PEC, 1 report about a technical error when calibrating the list of parties, 1 report about voting instead of another voter, 2 reports stating that the PEC chairman did not present the received ballots to those present for visual inspection.
We received information that the rights of a public observer during the observation of the voting process from 12:00 to 16:00 were infringed on 0.7% of the polling stations where our observers were present.
The secrecy of vote during the voting process from 12:00 to 16:00 was violated in 1.3% of the polling stations where observers of the Common Cause PF were present.
Voter’s turnout 25.1% by 16.00 (with margin of error +/- 3.05% at .99% accuracy). The turnout data of the Common Cause PF coincides with the official data of the Central Election Commission within the margin of error.
As of 4 PM, the Foundation's observers reported 33 violations during the voting.
By the regions, the situation is as follows:
10 reports when there was no recount of ballots:
Bishkek - 1
- PEC 1223 Bishkek city, Pervomay DEC
Issyk-Kul region - 2:
- PEC 3174 Issyk-Kul region Jeti-Oguz DEC
- PEC 3048 Issyk-Kul region Issyk-Kul DEC
Osh region - 7
- PEC 5231 Osh region Tolojkon DEC
- PEC 5510 Osh region Tolojkon DEC
- PEC 5043 Osh region Kurshab DEC
- PEC 5201 Osh region Kara-Suu DEC
- PEC 5161 Osh region Alai DEC
- PEC 5227 Osh region Alai DEC
- PEC 5424 Osh region Kok-Zhar DEC
7 reports when there was no PEC meeting (including the drawing of lots):
Bishkek city - 2
- PEC 1223 Bishkek city Pervomay DEC
- PEC 1346 Bishkek city Sverdlovsk DEC
Osh region - 4
- PEC 5043 Osh region Kurshab DEC
- PEC 5140 Osh region Alay DEC
- PEC 5128 Osh region Alay DEC
- PEC 5247 Osh region, Tolojkon DEC
Chui region - 1
- PEC 7101 Chui region, Issyk-Ata DEC
1 report on the illegal infringement of the rights of observers, pressure against the observer:
- PEC 1223 Bishkek city Pervomay DEC
2 reports on the violation of the secrecy of voting:
- PEC 7219 Chui region Sokuluk DEC
- PEC 3156 Issyk-Kul region Ak-Suu DEC
5 reports about campaigning on election day:
- PEC 5115 Osh region, Uzgen DEC
- PEC 5125 Osh region Uzgen DEC
- PEC 5254 Osh region Tolojkon DEC
- PEC 5465 Osh region Alai DEC - 2 reports
1 report on SBB failure:
- PEC 7234, Chui region, Sokuluk DEC
1 report when the SBB is not sealed:
- PEC 2124, Osh region Suzak DEC
1 report on deviation from the voter list:
- PEC 7079, Chui region, Chui-Kemin DEC
1 report on the presence of unauthorized persons at the PEC:
- PEC 5556, Osh region, Osh DEC
1 technical error report when calibrating lot list:
- PEC 5271, Osh region, Osh DEC.
1 report about voting instead of another voter:
- PEC 2025, Jalal-Abad region, Suzak DEC.
2 reports that the PEC chairman did not present the received ballots to those present for visual inspection:
- PEC 5510, Osh region, Tolojkon DEC
- PEC 5043, Osh region, Kurshab DEC
PF "Common Cause" will file appeals and complaints related to the above violations.
Other messages will be posted on our social media pages, online through the YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3io9emG, scheduled online briefings will take place.
The Public Foundation "Common Cause" deployed 600 short-term observers to observe the elections of deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh. They monitor the opening, voting, and closing and vote-count procedures at 300 randomly selected polling stations, the course of voting throughout the country.
The Foundation uses statistically based observation, an advanced election monitoring methodology that allows conclusions to be drawn that are representative of the entire country about specific electoral processes on election day.
Another 46 mobile teams have been deployed to monitor the situation around the polling stations. A call center in Bishkek helps collect information from the observers, while a team of lawyers analyzes information on violations identified and works on filing complaints. The work is coordinated by eight regional coordinators and 20 head office employees.
Monitoring of elections is carried out within the framework of the project "Independent observation of the elections of deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, scheduled for November 28, 2021", implemented by the public foundation "Common Cause".
