1. Local elections 2012 Facts and Figures As of September 27th

2. Nomination Applications

3. Localities according to Nomination Status

4. Distribution of lists according to localities

5. Localities according to election status

6. Elections according to population target

7. No. Of localities with wining lists by acclamation according to population

8. Reasons for Rejections

9. Challenges to CEC’s Decision
Out of 32 rejected lists, 15 lists challenged CEC decision.
10 challenges were rejected by courts on technicalities
2 challenges accepted by court. Removal of non compliant candidate from the list
1 challenge accepted by court. List was rejected for falling short of sufficient number of candidates.
1 challenge rejected as court agreed with CEC decision.
1 challenge rejected for legal reason.

10. Observation Remarks
The nature of local elections (Political/Families/mix)
Size of localities
Amalgamated Localities
Elections courts
Wining by acclamation

11. Fairness of Elections Coalition of civil society organizations
Monitor, intervene, messages, code of conduct.
2 official complaints submitted on the interference of security force apparatus.
Coordination with MOI (Reporting and follow-up)
Continuous follow-up with the PM office.

12. What Next? October 4th the date of list withdrawal
October 6th Start of Electoral campaigning
October 18th Pre-voting of security forces
October 20th Election Day
November 24th Second round of elections