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Russia, 07.12.2003: more than 100% of votes voters
Type: parliamentary elections
Number of lots: 23
Winners: 5
Despite the predictability of the results of the parliamentary elections in 2003 he failed to avoid a scandal. The reason for it became the statements of the Central Election Commission Alexander Veshnyakov, who Dec. 26 reported that in Chechnya and Ingushetia, have voted 11% more voters than they exist in reality. Exceeding the number of voters on the actually existing, according to the chairman of the CEC, have been identified in other regions, particularly in the Moscow region (4, 5%) and in the Kaluga region (5%). On the criminal or administrative implications, that would have these facts, it is not known, and the results of the elections, as we all know, have not been revised.





Abkhazia, 03.10.2004: the seizure of Government House and rerun
Type: presidential
The number of candidates: 5
Winner: Sergei Bagapsh (50, 08%)
The election results, according to which Moscow is actively supporting candidate Raul Khajimba won only 32% of the vote, the Abkhaz CEC announced only 11 of October. Immediately afterwards, the head of the Central Election Commission, resigned, saying that the decision to award the victory of Bagapsh made under pressure of his supporters. After that the country's leadership is actually split into two parts: those who supported Sergey Bagapsh and those who took the side of Khajimba and behind it the incumbent President Vladislav Ardzinba. November 30 confrontation turned into an active phase, and on November 12 unarmed Bagapsh supporters stormed the complex of government buildings in Sukhumi, after which the president called their action a coup. The election results were canceled, re-election January 12, 2005 became president of Bagapsh and Khajimba - Vice President.



USA, 07.11.2000: 19,000 not considered defective ballots
Type: presidential
The number of candidates: 7
Winner: George Bush - ml.
Presidential elections of 2000 earned the title of the most controversial in the history of the country. Became a result of President George W. Bush received the post despite the fact that the majority of voters voted for his opponent - Al Gore, his superiority was more than half a million people. The outcome of the election was decided in Florida: the state gave in 2000, 25 electoral votes that went to Bush - he overtook Hill 537 votes. As the result of the election is not determined by the results of the actual vote (how many voters voted for the candidate), and electoral (electoral votes, the number of which depends on the size of the state's population), George W. Bush won by just 5 electoral votes. The reason for this situation was the decision of the State Election Commission to ignore 19,000 disputed ballots cast for Gore and had visible defects - nadorvannosti, blots, and so on. D. (If they thought Gore would win). The Florida Supreme Court, to consider complaints Mountain team, acknowledged the problem unsolvable because of the lack of criteria for determining the authenticity of disputed ballots, and the victory was for Bush.



Bashkiria, 07 and 21.12.2003: overprint 200,000 illegal ballots
Type: presidential
The number of candidates: 6
Winner: I round - Murtaza Rakhimov and Sergei Veremeyenko, II stage - Murtaza Rakhimov (78, 01%)
In the first round of voting none of the candidates receives more than half the votes, and the owner of two of the highest results in the second round, which was won by Rakhimov. This fact did not stop even overprint eve of the vote the first round of 200 000 extra ballots uncovered supporters of opponents of the current head of the republic. Printing in which the night of December 4, recorded the fact of overprinting, the same night was burned along with most of the run. This story became the pretext for the criminal investigation, which cost the post of head of the Bashkir Prosecutor and his deputy, who gave very frank comments on the initial stage of the investigation.
It actually does not end: when viewed in the lower courts - magistrates' court - was recognized guilty of printing director, for which he was fined 300 000 rubles. It is noteworthy that the loser businessman Veremeyenko Rakhimov was a member of the party "United Russia" won the parliamentary elections held at the same time.



Yugoslavia, 24.09.2000: the seizure of parliament and the resignation of President
Type: presidential
The number of candidates: 4
Winner: Vojislav Kostunica (50, 2%)
After the completion of the counting of votes in those elections Yugoslav CEC said that none of the candidates received the required number of votes, and the winner will need to determine the second round. However, supporters of Vojislav Kostunica, put forward by a political alliance of 18 opposition parties of Slobodan Milosevic, they said that, according to them, it has received more than half of the votes in the second round is not necessary. Soon nationwide protests began, and October 5 in Belgrade started a rally that quickly escalated into clashes with the police, to apply the special equipment and service weapon. Protesters managed to capture the first parliament building of Yugoslavia, and then - Belgrade television center, and then the representatives of the army and law enforcement agencies have entered into negotiations with the leaders of the demonstrators, achieving the promise to stop the violence. The next day Slobodan Milosevic has resigned, and the Federal Constitutional Court has decided to amend the protocol elections gave the victory to Kostunica.



Ukraine, October-December 2004: 2-month protest on Independence, rerun
Type: presidential
The number of candidates: in the I round - 24, in the II round - 2
Winner: Viktor Yushchenko
In the first round of elections, Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovich received almost equal number of votes, a second round was won by Yanukovych - 49, 42% to 46, 69% of Yushchenko. Losing candidates appealed to the Supreme Court of Ukraine with a complaint about the illegitimacy of the elections; sharply negative assessments of the vote and gave the international observers, representing the Western Organization (CIS observers had no complaints). Yushchenko's supporters refused to recognize the results of the second round by organizing a series of acts of civil disobedience, the most famous of which was the continuous action on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kiev, which lasted more than a month - before the rerun of the second round on December 26 appointed by the decision of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In the "third round" was won by Viktor Yushchenko (51, 99 versus 44%, 20%), and even Viktor Yanukovych filed a complaint in the sun, similar to the redress of grievances his opponent, it was not accepted for consideration



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Armenia 19.02.2008: clashes with the police, 10 dead
Type: presidential
The number of candidates: 9
Winner: Serge Sargsyan (52, 82%)
February 20 after the announcement of the official results of the elections supporters of losing candidate, the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan (21, 50%) was organized in Yerevan's Freedom Square multi-day protest. According to its members, the elections were accompanied by massive violations, and therefore can not be recognized as legitimate. Early in the morning of March 1 tent camp protesters were attacked by police; resulting disperse demonstrators killed 10 people, eight protesters and two police officers. The answer to this were new protests in which participants literally pushed the security forces on the outskirts of the city. To stop the rioting, the incumbent president Robert Kocharian on March 2 introduced in the country twenty-day state of emergency. The election results have not been revised; Serge Sargsyan was sworn in only on April 9.



Moldova, 05.04.2009: the storming of parliament and recount
Type: parliamentary
Number of lots: 17
Winners: 4
After the election results were announced, according to which the majority of votes - 49, 48% - Moldovan Communists gathered in Chisinau began spontaneous protests of supporters of the opposition parties. Most of the participants were young people, which operated for more than active. April 7 protesters even managed to break into the parliament building, they immediately subjected to defeat, and on which hoisted the Romanian flag and the flag of the European Union. Immediately after that, the opposition said they did not have the ability to affect the protesters, and at the same time - that they insist on the recognition of the election results invalid. The clashes of protesters with the police left one person dead and more than 300, mostly police officers, were injured; the number of detainees has exceeded 200. The result of the mass protests was the recount, which significantly reduced the number of mandates received by the Communists in parliament - from 63 to 60



Lithuania, 17.05.2009: Head of the case for one of the candidates
Type: presidential
The number of candidates: 14
Winner: Dalia Grybauskaite (68, 17%)
Neither the process of preparation and holding of presidential elections in Lithuania, no counting and announcement of the results of any unpleasant surprises did not bring. However, three months after it became known that the General Prosecutor's Office began a pre-trial investigation into the falsification of signatures collected in support of a candidate - the Speaker of the Seimas Arunas Valinskas. The case was the Department for Investigation of Organized Crime and Corruption under the Prosecutor General. Almost at the same time the Latvian Saeima voted for the resignation of Valinaskasa accused the journalists of having ties to the underworld, to the post of speaker. Despite the fact that the law enforcement authorities have stated that any information about the relationship with the speaker of the organized crime they have not, the former presidential candidate was forced to leave his post.



Afghanistan, 20.08.2009: 1, 5 million counterfeit ballots
Type: presidential
The number of candidates: 36
Winner: Hamid Karzai (54, 6%)
Presidential elections in Afghanistan in 2009 were the second since the fall of the Taliban regime. According to the results of the first round of voting proved to be the leaders of the two candidates - incumbent President Hamid Karzai and the opposition put forward by the former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah. Main tempers flared around the statements of international observers that the order of 1, 5 million ballots - that is, nearly a quarter of the total - could be tampered with, and three-quarters "suspicious" votes were cast Karzai. The second round was scheduled for November 7, but a few days before he suddenly Abdullah said that he refused to participate in the election race. It's his decision almost triggered the election crisis in Afghanistan since the law did not stipulate the situation with the refusal of one of the candidates to participate in the second round. As a result, after consultation with the head of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, the Independent Electoral Commission announced the cancellation of the country's second round and the victory of Hamid Karzai.



Ukraine, 17.01 and 07.02.2010: complaint against falsification and its immediate review
Type: presidential
The number of candidates: in the I round - 18, in the II round - 2
Winner: in the I round - Viktor Yanukovych (35, 32%) and Yulia Tymoshenko (25, 05%), in the II round - Viktor Yanukovych (48, 95%)
February 10. Ukrainian Central Election Commission has processed 100% of protocols of election and announced the victory of Yanukovych. After six days, lost the election Tymoshenko has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine appealed the election results. In order to prove its allegations of vote rigging, the prime minister offered to compare the lists of voters participating in the election lists of the state register of voters. If the court agreed with the proposal of the plaintiff, the process could take several months, shifting the inauguration of the new president indefinitely. And after four days Yulia Tymoshenko declared the petition that the court upheld her claim without consideration. His decision it is justified by the fact that it was convinced of partiality of the court and the illegitimacy of the elections.



Kyrgyzstan 10.10.2010: shares nationalists because of the "game with numbers»
Type: parliamentary
Number of lots: 29
Winners: 5
The first parliamentary elections in the country after the April "Tulip Revolution" in 2010. As a result of voting the most votes we got five parties, and the best result showed political movements, opposition to the current president at the time - Rosa Otunbayeva. After the announcement of the election results party "Butun Kyrgyzstan" ("United Kyrgyzstan") organized protests in Bishkek and Osh. The reason for the discontent was the statement of the CEC that the party has not overcome the 5% barrier: According to the party, the number of votes cast for her was a few hundred more than what is required to overcome the threshold. Party leader Adahan Madumarov said that the CEC "numbers game": As stated by the Commission, the number of voters in the country turned 200 000 more than expected, and accordingly, the absolute figure increased flow threshold. Shares disobedience ended without serious consequences, the election results have not been revised



Belarus, 19.12.2010: the president has received twice as many votes as exit polls showed
Type: presidential
The number of candidates: 10
Winner: Alexander Lukashenko
According to official data of the CEC of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, the incumbent president, participated in the elections for the fourth time, won with a score of 79, 65%. Meanwhile, according to polls conducted before the election, as well as exit polls on polling day, he was ready to support only 40% of voters. Even before the end of the polling stations Lukashenko opponents gathered in central Minsk to unauthorized protest, which was attended by various estimates, from 5000 to 40 000 people. By evening, they even tried to storm the Government House, but this attempt, and the action in general have been stopped by the security forces. As a result, seven out of ten presidential candidates, losers Lukashenko, were arrested and later sentenced to various punishments, as well as most of the nearly 700 protesters detained. The election results have not been revised.



Nicaragua, 06.11.2011: The winner went to the third period
Type: presidential
The number of candidates: 5
Winner: Daniel Ortega (63, 95%)
The scandal in the presidential election in Nicaragua was inevitable. The winning them, Daniel Ortega, according to the opposition in general had no right to stand as a candidate for the post. After all, he has ruled the country in 1985-1990, and the second time was the president in 2006. However, in October 2009 the Supreme Court of Nicaragua made the decision that allowed the president to bypass the current two-term limitation imposed by Article 147 of the Nicaraguan Constitution. Not surprisingly, immediately after the announcement of the election results disgruntled opponents Ortega in Managua organized a protest, triggering clashes with his supporters. Later the same collision, accompanied by shooting occurred in the north of the country. At the same time, international observers, while noting the violations during the elections, does not recognize them as illegitimate.



South Ossetia, 13.11 and 27.11.2011: Court overturned the victory of opposition candidate

Type: presidential

The number of candidates: in the I round - 11, in the II round - 2

Winner: not officially named

The first presidential election after the declaration of independence of South Ossetia. After the first round none of the candidates received the required half of the votes, and was appointed the second round, which was attended by Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov and former Education Minister Alla Dzhioeva. November 28 the South Ossetian Central Election Commission announced that Dzhioeva won, scored 56, 7% of the vote, while Bibilov has received only 40%. However, supporters of Bibilov immediately appealed to the Supreme Court about the irregularities opponentkoy during the campaign and during the voting, and after consideration of the results of the second round was canceled. Rerun II round is scheduled for 25 March 2012. Meanwhile, Alla Dzhioeva, whose supporters staged a rebellion in Tskhinvali, went to court with a counter-claim, demanding to recognize her election victory, and issued an ultimatum to the current authorities of the republic, insisting on recognition of the results of the second round, and the abolition of the previous court decision



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