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High turnout, suspected voter fraud and a mayor passing away from COVID-19
By-elections were held in Romania on Sunday, 27 June 2021, in 36 communes and 23 counties containing 6 cities and 30 communes, with a total of 176 polling stations.
AGERPRESS, the Romanian national news agency reports that the turnout in Ciuruleasa commune was 80.08%, and its former mayor Radu Marcel Tuhuţ (PSD) was elected deputy. In Meteş, another commune in Alba the turnout was 73.41% and the elections were held because the former mayor, the liberal Dan Opruţa, passed away from COVID-19.
On Sunday, the Alba Police were notified of a suspicious mobile ballot box. The box was for those residents who could not go to the election in person – a total of 20 people, yet it reportedly carried 90 ballots. Law enforcement has started a criminal investigation in the matter, as this constitutes voter fraud in Romania.
The constituencies in which by-elections were held for mayors are:
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