ELECTIONS

ENEMO

ENEMO (European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations) is a group of 17 civic organizations from sixteen countries of the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe . These nonpartisan organizations are the leading domestic election monitoring groups in their countries. In total, ENEMO member organizations have observed more than 110 national elections and trained more than one hundred thousand election monitors. ENEMO seeks to support the international community's interest in and support for democracy in the post-communist countries of the OSCE region, to assess electoral conditions and the political environment, and to offer accurate and impartial observation reports. ENEMO international observation missions evaluate the electoral process using international standards for democratic and fair elections and benchmarks in the assessed country's legislation and constitution.

In 2004, ENEMO organized a full-scale election observation mission of the Ukrainian presidential elections. ENEMO deployed 50 long-term observers, who monitored the pre-election period and all three election rounds throughout all regions of Ukraine . ENEMO also deployed 1,000 short-term observers for the November runoff and again for the repeat runoff in December. On November 21, for the annulled original second round, ENEMO observers found that the poll "did not meet the will of the Ukrainian people." Please see all ENEMO's statements on the 2004 Ukrainian presidential elections for more detailed information.

In 2005, ENEMO organized an election observation mission to observe the parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan . On February 27, the ENEMO mission deployed 30 observers to monitor single-mandate races in all 7 oblasts of Kyrgyzstan . For the March 13 runoffs, ENEMO deployed another 20 short-term observers. Statements by the ENEMO mission are available on its website. More information on ENEMO member organizations may also be accessed through links to particular NGO websites.