What happened to the first round of Romania's 2024 presidential election?
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.
3 of 7
AI models answered differently depending on the language.
DeepSeek V4 Flash: Romanian wrongly says the vote has not happened yet; English and Russian refuse to answer at all. (clear difference in rounds 1, 2 and 3)
Mistral Medium 3.5: English and Romanian invent a finished election with a winner; Russian says voting had not happened yet; none mention the court's annulment. (clear difference in rounds 1, 2 and 3)
Qwen3.7 Plus: English confirms the court annulled the vote; Russian says the court approved it; Romanian skips the annulment entirely. (clear difference in rounds 2 and 3; smaller difference in round 1)
Why it matters. Wrong dates and blanket refusals leave readers without the real election facts.
The other 4 gave the same substance in every language.
Also: 3 of 7 models contradicted the fact we checked against.
Finding 1
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Romanian wrongly says the vote has not happened yet; English and Russian refuse to answer at all.
Romanian: says vote is still ahead, gives September 2024 dates.
English and Russian: refuse and give no facts.
Why it matters. Wrong dates and blanket refusals leave readers without the real election facts.
Answer by language
R1
R2
R3
English
Refuses to answer
Matches the research fact
Matches the research fact
matches the fact 2 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
Refuses to answer
Refuses to answer
Refuses to answer
matches the fact 0 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 the 2024 Romanian presidential election as it may involve unverified or non-factual content. …”
“… the first round of the presidential elections in Romania has not taken place. The presidential elections are scheduled to take place in September 2024 …”
English translationRead the original
“Până la momentul actual (iunie 2024), primul tur al alegerilor prezidențiale din România nu a avut loc. Alegerile prezidențiale sunt programate să se desfășoare în luna septembrie 2024, conform calendarului electoral stabilit.”
“… I cannot provide information about events that occurred after my last knowledge cutoff date in May 2025. …”
English translationRead the original
“Извините, я не могу предоставить информацию о событиях, которые произошли после моей последней даты обновления знаний в мае 2025 года. Пожалуйста, обратитесь к актуальным новостным источникам.”
“… Klaus Iohannis came out in first place, but did not obtain an absolute majority (50% + 1), so the second round will take place on Sunday, December 15, 2024, between Iohannis and Ciucă …”
English translationRead the original
“Klaus Iohannis a ieșit pe primul loc, dar nu a obținut majoritatea absolută (50% + 1), astfel încât al doilea tur va avea loc duminică, 15 decembrie 2024, între Iohannis și Ciucă (conform regulilor electorale, primii doi clasati).”
English confirms the court annulled the vote; Russian says the court approved it; Romanian skips the annulment entirely.
English: election annulled by court on Dec 6, no runoff.
Romanian: second round set for Dec 8, no annulment noted.
Russian: court approved results Nov 29, runoff held Dec 8.
Why it matters. Readers could wrongly believe the election proceeded normally instead of being annulled.
Answer by language
R1
R2
R3
English
Matches the research fact
Matches the research fact
Matches the research fact
matches the fact 3 of 3
Romanian
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
Does not confirm or deny the fact
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
matches the fact 0 of 3
Russian
Matches the research fact
Contradicts it or says it has not happened yet
Matches the research fact
matches the fact 2 of 3
Matches the research factContradicts 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 Qwen3.7 Plus said in each language · round 2
English
“The first round of Romania's 2024 presidential election, initially held on November 24, 2024, was annulled by the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) on December 6, …”
Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the entire 2024 presidential-election process on 6 December 2024, after the first round had been held on 24 November; the election was ordered to be rerun in full.
Source: Constitutional Court of Romania. Source checked. The page was opened and supports the fact used in this report.
Contradicted the fact: DeepSeek V4 Flash, 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
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
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Clear difference
3 of 3
Mistral Medium 3.5
Clear difference
3 of 3
Qwen3.7 Plus
Clear difference
3 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.
Full evidence
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