IEC registers a drop in spoiled votes

Ballot boxes: IEC registered less spoiled votes in 2014, as compared to a decade ago.
Ballot boxes: IEC registered less spoiled votes in 2014, as compared to a decade ago.

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) registered a decrease in the number of spoiled votes in the general elections from 1.92 percent in 2009 to 1.17 percent in 2014.

Also, IEC had registered 2.11 percent of spoiled votes in the 2004 general election, which reflects a 0.94 percent decline a decade later.

International standards require a review of the election process if a country registered five percent of spoiled votes or more.

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