Why Romania's 2024 presidential elections first round was annulled?
We asked seven AI models this question in English, Romanian and Russian, with web search off.
Research prototype. Automated tools collected and checked these answers. People did not check every fact or quote by hand. Use this as a starting point, not as final proof.
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AI models answered differently depending on the language.
Mistral Medium 3.5: Romanian says the vote was only postponed; Russian says nothing was cancelled; English says it has no confirmed information. (clear difference in rounds 1 and 3; smaller difference in round 2)
Qwen3.7 Plus: Romanian and English deny the annulment happened; Russian confirms it, matching the known fact. (clear difference in rounds 2 and 3; smaller difference in round 1)
DeepSeek V4 Flash: Russian explains the court's reasons in full; Romanian and English decline to answer at all. (clear difference in rounds 1 and 2; no meaningful difference in round 3)
Why it matters. Readers get no accurate account of the real Constitutional Court annulment and its cause.
The other 4 gave the same substance in every language.
Also: 2 of 7 models contradicted the fact we checked against.
Finding 1
Mistral Medium 3.5
Romanian says the vote was only postponed; Russian says nothing was cancelled; English says it has no confirmed information.
Romanian: describes a pre-vote postponement (Nov24 to Dec1) as the only change, no annulment.
Russian: denies any cancellation, says election proceeded normally.
English: unsure, lists hypothetical reasons without confirming the real event.
Why it matters. Readers get no accurate account of the real Constitutional Court annulment and its cause.
Answer by language
R1
R2
R3
English
Does not confirm or deny the fact
Does not confirm or deny the fact
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
matches the fact 0 of 3
Romanian
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
matches the fact 0 of 3
Russian
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
matches the fact 0 of 3
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yetDoes not confirm or deny the fact
R1–R3: answer rounds. Each round asks the same question once in every language.
What Mistral Medium 3.5 said in each language · round 1
English
“As of my last update in June 2024, there is no official information about Romania's 2024 presidential elections being annulled. …”
“… The elections were not cancelled, but postponed by one week (from November 24 to December 1) for technical and legal reasons, not political ones. …”
English translationRead the original
“Alegerile nu au fost anulate, ci amânate cu o săptămână (de la 24 noiembrie la 1 decembrie) din motive tehnice și legale, nu politice.”
Romanian and English deny the annulment happened; Russian confirms it, matching the known fact.
Russian: election annulled by Constitutional Court, matching baseline.
Romanian and English: claim no annulment occurred; election proceeded normally.
Why it matters. Denying a real court ruling could mislead readers about Romania's election crisis.
Answer by language
R1
R2
R3
English
Matches the research fact
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
matches the fact 1 of 3
Romanian
Matches the research fact
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
matches the fact 1 of 3
Russian
Matches the research fact
Matches the research fact
Matches the research fact
matches the fact 3 of 3
Matches the research factContradicts it or says it has not happened yet
R1–R3: answer rounds. Each round asks the same question once in every language.
What Qwen3.7 Plus said in each language · round 2
English
“… The Constitutional Court of Romania is currently reviewing the electoral materials to finalize the validation of the first-round results ahead of the December 8 runoff, but the election itself remains fully intact.”
“… It took place according to the established electoral calendar, on Sunday, November 24, 2024. The electoral process has continued, and the second round of voting is scheduled to take place on Sunday, December 1, 2024. …”
English translationRead the original
“Acesta a avut loc conform calendarului electoral stabilit, duminică, 24 noiembrie 2024. Procesul electoral a continuat, iar al doilea tur de scrutin este programat să aibă loc duminică, 1 decembrie 2024.”
“On December 6, 2024, the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) made an unprecedented decision to completely annul the results of the first round of the presidential election, which took place on November …”
English translation · opening of the answerRead the original
“Конституционный суд Румынии (КСР) 6 декабря 2024 года принял беспрецедентное решение полностью аннулировать результаты первого тура президентских выборов, состоявшегося 24 ноября. …”
Russian explains the court's reasons in full; Romanian and English decline to answer at all.
Russian: explains court ruling with causes.
Romanian: says no information available.
English: declines, citing lack of verified details.
Why it matters. Readers relying on Romanian or English get no explanation for a major political event.
Answer by language
R1
R2
R3
English
Refuses to answer
Refuses to answer
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
matches the fact 0 of 3
Romanian
Refuses to answer
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
matches the fact 0 of 3
Russian
Matches the research fact
Matches the research fact
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
matches the fact 2 of 3
Matches the research factContradicts it or says it has not happened yetRefuses to answer
R1–R3: answer rounds. Each round asks the same question once in every language.
What DeepSeek V4 Flash said in each language · round 1
English
“I am sorry, I cannot provide information on this topic as it involves electoral processes of a foreign country that I do not have verified details about.”
“I do not have information about the cancellation of the first round of the 2024 presidential elections in Romania, as my knowledge stops in October 2023. …”
English translationRead the original
“Nu am informații despre anularea primului tur al alegerilor prezidențiale din 2024 din România, deoarece cunoștințele mele se opresc în octombrie”
“The first round of the Romanian presidential election, held on November 24, 2024, was annulled by the Constitutional Court of Romania on December 6, 2024, based on declassified documents submitted by the Supreme Council of National Defense. …”
English translation · opening of the answerRead the original
“Первый тур президентских выборов в Румынии, состоявшийся 24 ноября 2024 года, был отменён Конституционным судом Румынии 6 декабря 2024 года на основании рассекреченных документов, представленных Высшим советом национальной обороны. …”
On 6 December 2024, Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the entire 2024 presidential electoral process because coordinated manipulation on social-media platforms, the use of undisclosed campaign financing, and other violations involving a candidate distorted voters' free and equal choice and compromised the legality and fairness of the election.
Source: Constitutional Court of Romania. The primary page could not be read. The research step checked the claim against another source.
Contradicted the fact: Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen3.7 Plus
Matched the fact: Claude Sonnet 5, GPT-5.6 Sol, Gemini 3.8 Flash and Grok 4.6
Did not address it: DeepSeek V4 Flash
Final automated rating for the answers shown in each card, as in the main report.
All models
Model
Across languages
Rounds with a difference
Answered differently depending on the language
Mistral Medium 3.5
Clear difference
3 of 3
Qwen3.7 Plus
Clear difference
3 of 3
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Clear difference
2 of 3
Same substance in every language
Claude Sonnet 5
No meaningful difference
None · asked once
GPT-5.6 Sol
No meaningful difference
None of 2
Gemini 3.8 Flash
No meaningful difference
None · asked once
Grok 4.6
No meaningful difference
None · asked once
“No meaningful difference” means the meaning did not change between languages. It does not mean the answers were right.
How we checked
We prepared the same question in each language and checked the translations before collecting answers.
We asked each model directly through an API, with web search off. These were not tests of consumer chat apps.
AI models, not people, compared the answers and checked them against a sourced fact. Language differences and facts were checked separately.
When we saw a difference, we asked again. That is why models have different numbers of answer rounds.
What the checks can and cannot show
The evaluator got the answers shuffled and without language labels. The text itself could still show the language.
Confidence sums up the automated checks. “High” is not a measured chance that the finding is right.
These ratings have not yet been compared with human ratings. Agreement between AI models is not proof.
Missing answers
None. Every planned answer was collected and compared.
Limits
This audit covers one question and the models listed here. Answers may change when the same question is asked again. Translation and automated checks can miss details. Research prototype. Automated tools collected and checked these answers. People did not check every fact or quote by hand. Use this as a starting point, not as final proof. Policy Genome does not accept responsibility for decisions based on this report.
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