TEMCO CERTIFICATES AWARDED TO ELECTORAL PROCESSES
Marks | Grade | Description | Certificate awarded |
0% | F | An election (or electoral step) which has failed totally in terms of management, compliance with electoral rules, code of conduct and fairness; and therefore it does not come to normal finality. | ABORTED ELECTION |
1%-39% | E | An election (or electoral step) with so many managerial problems and irregularities that most major stakeholders (voters, candidates, parties) reject or are likely to reject the final results. | TOTALLY MISMANAGED ELECTION |
40%-49% | D | The election process has acts of violence, intimidation, favouritism, corruption, etc. | UNFREE AND UNFAIR ELECTION |
50%-59% | C | The election permits free participation of stakeholders (voters, candidates, parties, others), but there are many instances where bigger parties (or especially the ruling party) break the rules with impunity. | FREE BUT NOT FAIR ELECTION |
60%-79% | B | An election (or electoral step) which is generally free and fair, but still has short-comings which work against fortunes of some stakeholders (voters, candidates, parties, etc.). | QUALIFIED FREE AND FAIR ELECTION |
80%-100% | A | An election with only a few short-comings which do not affect the overall results | CLEAN, FREE AND FAIR ELECTION |